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PENN STATE 



IN THE 



WORLD WAR 




PUBLISHED BY 
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

OF 

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE 

STATE COLLEGE, PA. 

1921 






nif 2? 1911 



TO 



THE MEN OF PENN STATE 



WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 



IN THE 



WORLD WAR 



THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY 



DEDICATED 



CONTENTS 



DEDICATION . , , , 

INTRODUCTION - 

FOREWORD , - , , 

IN FLANDERS' FIELDS 

OUR DEAD , . . - 

AMERICA'S ANSWER 

PART I— The College - 

PART II — Alumni and Former Students 



5 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
35 



Class 


of 


18S0 - 


3T 


Class 


of 


1906 - 


58 


Class 


of 


1885 


- 37 


Class 


of 


1907 


- 61 


Class 


of 


1889 - 


37 


Class 


of 


1908 - 


67 


Class 


of 1890 


- 38 


Class 


of 


1909 


- 70 


Class 


of 


1892 - 


39 


Class 


of 1910 - 


77 


Class 


of 


1893 


- 39 


Class 


of 


1911 


- 86 


Class 


of 


1894 - 


40 


Class 


of 


1912 - 


109 


Class 


of 


1895 


- 41 


Class 


of 


1913 


- 133 


Class 


of 


1896 - 


43 


Class 


of 


1914 - 


157 


Class 


of 


1897 


- 47 


Class 


of 


1915 


- 194 


Class 


of 


1898 - 


47 


Class 


of 


1916 - 


- 239 


Class 


of 


1899 


- 49 


Class 


of 


1917 


- 293 


Class 


of 


1900 - 


50 


Class 


of 


1918 - 


- 341 


Class 


of 


1901 


- 50 


Class 


of 


1919 


- 386 


Class 


of 


1902 - 


51 


Class 


of 


1920 - 


- 425 


Class 


of 


1903 


- 53 


Class 


of 


1921 


- 455 


Class 


of 


1904 - 


54 


Class 


of 


1922 - 


464 


Class 


of 


1905 


- 53 











PART III— Faculty 

PART IV— Ambulance Units 

PART V — Students' Army Training Corps 

PART VI— Summary 



473 
487 
501 
519 



INTRODUCTION 




HE shot of the assassin in 1914 at Serajevo, instead of being something 
concerning only one or two small countries, became the outward signal 
for the great turmoil, now known as the World War. Event followed 
event with amazing rapidity until Europe became almost entirely con- 
vulsed with war of the greatest magnitude. 

The power of Germany was recognized as a world menace. As matters progressed 
from bad to worse in the relations between the United States and Germany, participation 
by the former in the conflict became inevitable. 

Upon declaration of war by the United States in April, 1917, and the necessity for 
fighters arising, Penn State men and women, reared in the halls of one of the Land Grant 
Colleges of the Country, Colleges founded and confirmed by Federal enactment in order 
that the youth of the country might be trained for a national emergency, responded in 
numbers, loyally and inspiringly, as they have done on all former occasions. At the same 
time, the College itself, with its facilities, was placed at the disposal of the Government 
by the Trustees. 

The history set forth hereafter has been made by the Alumni, Former Students, Trus- 
tees and Faculty of Penn State, who served their country in their respective ways and 
in the many different phases of the work necessary to bring the war to a successful con- 
clusion. It was only fitting that a record of what was done by Penn State in the World 
War should be made and it was our task to make it. 

We have done so humbly, feeling the deeds of valor and sacrifice are far greater than 
any pen can describe. It is hardly possible to depict in all its nobleness the element and 
spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty, the willingness to give all that others might live and 
enjoy the privileges of freedom, the right to life, hberty and the pursuit of happiness. We 
have, therefore, merely told, from the data that have been furnished, what was done by the 
College as a whole, by the several organizations and by the individuals. 

The volume is arranged in six principal parts. First, that giving a statement of the 
whole work, the policy of the College as instituted by the trustees and other authorities, 
and the work actually performed by the College through the several schools and depart- 
ments. Second, the individual records of Alumni and former students, with as many 
photographs as we could get, all arranged alphabetically by classes. Third, the indi- 
vidual records of those who were in the faculty and left to enter the service. Fourth, the 
history of the Penn State Ambulance Unit No. 18, later divided into Ambulance Sec- 
tions No. 529 and No. 530, composed almost entirely of Penn State men, with roster 
of members. Fifth, the list of Students' Army Training Corps Members with instructional 
staff. Sixth, a summary of the representation of the College in the war services. Through- 
out we have inserted photographs of war scenes, furnished chiefly by the Alumni, arranged 
as appropriately as possible. 



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In the publication of this record we make no claims. There is no comparison made 
with the records of other institutions. The Alumni, Former Students, Faculty, and all, 
simply did their duty. They did it well, but we have faith in the College men of America 
and we believe that the record of Penn State would stand as a cross-sectional record of 
all the colleges and universities in America, could a complete summary and tabulation 
and review of all records be made. 

It has been difficult to draw the line in compiling this volume. Practically every one 
did something to further the cause of the Allies but of necessity we were limited in space 
and in the accepted version of a war record. There are those who superintended and 
worked in the construction and operation of munition plants, ship building plants, steel 
plants, chemical plants, railroads, telegraph and telephone companies and so on — all essen- 
tial in their way, yet, to have put in their records would have meant putting in the record 
of practically every Penn State man and woman. 

To those who served their country thus we all feel duly indebted and are truly grate- 
ful. To them we give all credit. 

But it was necessary in the beginning to adopt a definite policy and to this policy we 
have tried to cling as closely as possible. It was decided to record individually the services 
only of those who were in the Army and Navy, and Marine Corps, those who served over- 
seas with government or relief organizations, those who were in the Red Cross, Y. M. 
C. A., and similar organizations, and the various training corps. 

We realize there are errors in this volume — errors of omission and commission. All 
the records that should be in here are not in here, and they are not in because chiefly of per- 
sonal modesty. Advertisement around the College was general and several notifications 
were sent out to the Alumni in one form or another, and a sincere endeavor was made 
to let all concerned know of the compilation of this record. Efforts were made shortly 
after the war opened to secure the service records of the men and keep them up-to-date 
and these efforts were continued to within several months before the book went to press. 
If any record is not in that should be, it is a loss to all concerned. 

As it is, over 2,150 individual records are contained exclusive of the faculty and 
these records show a succession of achievements that are splendid and inspiring. Briefly, 
the fact that nearly 50% of those who entered the service came out with commissions 
gives some indication of uniform ability, and the death of approximately three per cent, is 
more than representative. Altogether the record of Penn State men in the service is one 
of which. we can all be justly proud. 

Space was hmited and for all errors, typographical, and others, we apologize. Some 
men did the work that it would require one or more volumes to cover justly and there- 
fore, it was useless to attempt any real exposition. Others we could write and complete. 
Some records, of which we desired more detailed information, we could get none, and 
others we edited, heartlessly, we presume, in the opinions of some. 



The individual records of those alumni who were on the faculty and entered the 
service will be found with the records of other members of their classes in the alumni sec- 
tion instead of with the records in the faculty section. All alumni and former students 
have been placed in the classes with which they entered college and no distinction has 
been drawn between graduates and non-graduates — everyone is or was a Penn State man 
or woman. The S. A. T. C. part of the volume is purely a listing of those who were 
members as the work of all was practically the same. The names of those who were in 
the Ambulance Units have been placed in the part devoted to the work of the units. 

We are greatly indebted to and desire to thank the Alumni, first of all, who responded 
so generously with records and photographs — particularly photographs. These we have 
tried to return in as good condition as we received them. Nearly all the war scenes are 
reproduced from photographs furnished by the Alumni and practically all the writing has 
been done in the Alumni Office. 

We take this opportunity to thank the former President of the College, Dr. Edwin 
E. Sparks, the Deans and Heads of Departments for their interest and most cordial co- 
operation in furnishing data. 

The offices of the President and the respective Deans have provided information con- 
cerning the policies and work of the College in its entirety. The Military Department 
and the former Personnel Adjutant have given the data concerning the Students' Army 
Training Corps. The data relating to Ambulance Section No. 529, have been con- 
firmed by Captain E. B. Lawyer, of that Section, while Mr. T. C. Smith, of Section 
No. 530, has provided the information concerning that section supplemented by data 
given by the Adjutant General of the War Department. 

We desire to acknowledge the vision and the efforts of Mr. Raymond H. Smith, '05, 
former Secretary-Treasurer of the Alumni Association, in starting the compilation of the 
individual records and also the efforts of Miss C. E. Parker in the earlier stages of the 
work. Acknowledgment is also given herewith for the valuable suggestions and help of 
Dr. Wilham S. Dye, Jr., Professor of English; Dr. E. W. Runkle, Librarian; Dr. J. 
Ben. Hill, formerly adjutant, for information concerning the.S. A. T. C. ; Mr. J. O. Faulk- 
ner and Miss Gertrude M. Adams, both connected with the Department of English, in 
assisting with the composition of the individual records and for their suggestions. 

It is our hope that in the publication of this volume, we have fittingly recorded the 
achievements of the College, the Alumni, Faculty, and Former Students, and that besides 
being of natural interest this volume will be of historical value. It is our hope, too, and 
one we are sure will be realized if the necessity shall again arise, that the acts recorded 
herein will be an inspiration to those future men in order that they, too, may not break 
faith with those that died. 

Edward N. Sullivan, '14, Editor. 



Foreword 



t ^^j HIS volume briefly tells the inspiring story of the men of 
1^^ The Pennsylvania State College in the Great War. The 
t^^'i^ College is proud of her sons and rejoices in the honor 
they have brought to themselves and their Alma Mater and in the 
great service they have rendered mankind. They went forth glad- 
ly to the performance of duty, and we have welcomed them home 
with the fullest assurance that the duty was well done. 

Of those who were enrolled at the call of their country, seventy- 
three gave their all and sleep in soldiers' graves. With solemn 
pride and gratitude we have inscribed their records in this book. 
Their work is finished, for them the day is ended. We crown 
them with the chaplet of glory, and we treasure the lesson of their 
love and sacrifice as the finest inspiration to those who have the 
precious heritage of being the sons of Penn State. With just pride 
this record of loyal service and sacrifice is sent forth, which testi- 
fies to the valor of our men and to the spirit of the College that 

nurtured them. 

H. Walton Mitchell, 90. 



Kvs:i 



in Jf lanberg' Jf ielbg 

In Flanders' fields, the poppies blow 
Between the crosses, row on row. 
That mark our place; and in the sky 
The larks, still bravely singing fly. 
Scarce heard amid the guns below. 
We are the dead. Short days ago 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. 
Loved and were loved, and now we lie 
In Flanders' fields. 



Take up our quarrel with the foe ! 
To you, from failing hands, we throw 
The torch. Be yours to lift it high! 
If ye break faith with us who die 
We shall not sleep, though poppies blow 
In Flanders' fields. 





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Class 


Name 


Class 


Name 


1896 


McKibbin, James Malcolm 


1916 


Zimmerman, Homer David 


1906 


Chrisman, Joseph C. 


1917 


Acheson, William Chalmers 


1907 


Stocker, Delmar Hiram, Jr. 


1917 


Gobi, Wayne Birchard 


1910 


Braddock, Howard C. 


1917 


Humphries, Harry Reginald 


1910 


Buckwalter, Harris D. 


1917 


Jackson, Jay Allen 


1910 


Polack, Rodney Willard 


1917 


Kriebel, Thomas Edwin 


1910 


Warner, Harold E. 


1917 


Mechling, Wallace Franklin 


1911 


Sleppy, Kirby Baldwin 


1917 


Metz, Ivanhoe Kriebel 


1911 


Smith, Morell 


1917 


Nutt, Alan 


1912 


Detchon, Benjamin Cyrus 


1917 


Sanker, Richard Ernest 


1912 


Tinsman, Joseph Atley 


1917 


Turn, Raymond Townsend 


1913 


Keefe, Thomas Victor 


1918 


Braker, George Elmer 


1913 


Rodgers, George Trimble 


1918 


Cameron, Duncan Hugh 


1914 


Bebout, James Dallas 


1918 


Clark, LeRoy, Gleason 


1914 


Chamberlain, Harry Augustus 


1918 


Gaston, Donald Frederick 


1914 


Dose, Frederick Charles 


1918 


Jones, Walter Harrison 


1914 


Cupitt, Harold Disraeli 


1918 


Mingle, David Blair 


1914 


Keister, Stephen James 


1918 


Moore, Edward Lahr 


1914 


Michell, Henry Frederick 


1918 


Shallenberger, Hugh Darsie 


1914 


Salisbury, Edgar Nye 


1918 


Shirey, Ernest Prosper 


1915 


Arnold, Floyd Elmer 


1919 


Bair, Edward Hart 


1915 


Fredette, Franklin Eugene 


1919 


Godfrey, Phillip Griffin 


1915 


Harbach, Herbert Moore 


1919 


Kennard, Irving 


1915 


Lamb, Levi Lorenzo 


1919 


*Phillips, George Raymond 


1915 


Morison, Alfred Thorpe 


1919 


Ross, Cleo Jepson 


1915 


Patterson, Francis Stuart 


1919 


Shenton, Donald Thomas 


1915 


Zimmerman, James Gilland 


1919 


Whitesell, Darius Brown 


1916 


Bishop, Milton Lafayette 


1920 


Conrad, Lyman Barnet 


1916 


Cummings, Brinton Smith 


1920 


Farrell, Charles Stewart 


1916 


Davenport, Charles Junkin 


1920 


Gerwig, Percy McGrew 


1916 


Fretz, Earl Russell 


1920 


Hughes, Norman David 


1916 


Gallagher, Edward 


1920 


Hurd, Arthur Pierson 


1916 


Lupoid, Merrill Bly 


1920 


Mauger, Harry Banks 


1916 


Martin, James Blade 


1920 


Muschlitz, Burton Kneal 


1916 


Rock, William Clifford 


1920 


Pierce, John Raymond 


1916 


Simpson, Charles Emerson 


1920 


Shanor, Richard Berrian 




1920 Zahniser, Norrr 


lan Mc 


)ntgomery 


*Killed in flying accident, January 19, 1920 







America's ^nsitoer 

Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead! 
The fight that ye so bravely led 
We've taken up! And we will keep 
True faith with you who lie asleep. 
With each a cross to mark his bed, 
And poppies blowing overhead 
Where once his own blood ran red ! 
So let your rest be sweet and deep 
In Flanders' fields! 

Fear not that ye have died for naught. 
The torch ye threw to us we caught ! 
Ten million hands will hold it high. 
And Freedom's light shall never die! 
We've learned the lesson that ye taught 
In Flanders' fields! 



-R. W. LiLLARD. 



Penn Statb in the World A\^il 



Part I 

The College 



Page Thirteen 



Pbnn State in thb World W^r 




H. WALTON MITCHELL, '90 

President ot the Board of Trustees and Interested 
in Many Other Patriotic Activities 



Penn State in the World W\r 




DR. EDWIN ERLE SPARKS 

President of the College, 1908-1920, and Connected With Various 
Committees Organized for the Prosecution of the War 



Pbnn Statb in thb World \Jak. 



THE COLLEGE 




[I EN the conflict that later swept nearly the whole of Europe, 
commenced in August, 1914, the average individual in the 
United States had little understanding and small grasp of the 
meaning of it with its possible consequences. The general 
attitude was that we should observe the policy laid down in 
the early days of our country to steer clear of embroilment in 
foreign difficulties and to adhere to the "Monroe Doctrine." To some ex- 
tent we were all stunned that a war of such magnitude as we never had 
imagined was starting and with the meager information obtained in the early 
days of the conflict as to the true state of affairs, our minds were all consider- 
ably confused. We thought one thing one day and another thing the next 
day. The appeal of President Wilson to "remain neutral in word and deed," 
tempered speeches and acts but it could not restrain the thoughts. The moral 
support of Americans was thrown, at the very beginning, with the Allies by 
the ruthless invasion and destruction of Belgium by the German hosts. To 
quote Frank H. Simonds in his "History of the World War," "No one who 
was alive in the August days, when Belgian resistance began, and dwelt 
outside of German or Austrian Frontiers, will ever forget the instant and 
enduring impression that Belgian heroism created, and nowhere more than 
in America was the Belgian incident destructive of German hopes of sym- 
pathy and even of more practical assistance in her tremendous struggle. But 
for Belgium, it is not difficult to believe that American neutrality would 
have taken a very different character, and it is far from improbable that 
the Allies would have failed to find in America that source of munitions 
which was to contribute so much to save them from disaster in the first two 
years of the war." 

When finally, however, a long line of attacks on our National pride and 
honor culminated in the submarine outrages, in the threat of further horrors 
by sea, in the blowing up of buildings, the destroying of factories and in 
other acts of sabotage in various parts of the country, the United States 
was forced to declare war. Immediately, it became necessary to marshal 
the great resources of the country so that the conflict, unwillingly entered 
into, might be carried to a successful conclusion. 

From the Colleges, at the call to arms, trooped thousands of the best 
blood of America. The Pennsylvania State College is one of the many insti- 
tutions whose Alumni, former students, faculty and undergraduates left in 
large numbers to enter into active service with the Army and Navy, and in 
allied fields of work. The records of over 2,150 Alumni and former students, 
and faculty that are given in other parts of the book form collectively a 
contribution to the service rendered by the forces of the United States that 
ranks with the best traditions of America. 

The Trustees, immediately upon the entrance of the country into the 
war, placed the facilities of the College at the disposal of the Government 
and the College began to adapt itself to the needs of the hour. 

Military training became more intensified, but having been instituted 
at the College with the acceptance by the State of the Land Grant Act of 



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Pbnn State in thb World War. 



1863, The Pennsylvania State College did not have to face all the problems 
presented to so many Colleges and Universities when, in 1917, they began 
military drill and the study of tactics. 

In other departments of the College, emphasis was placed on courses 
designed to instruct the students in engineering and industrial and agricul- 
tural production with particular reference to war needs and the extension 
service of the institution was utilized to bring about speedy results. 

In order to present clearly the war work of the College, the review 
which is given in the following pages is arranged under the various schools 
and departments of the College. 

THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE 

THE EXTENSION SERVICE 

The School of Agriculture, with Dean R. L. Watts at its head, had two 
important pieces of war work, the most far reaching being that of the Exten- 
sion Service, under its Director, M. S. McDowell. This service competently 
tackled the food problem, the seriousness of which during the war was not 
exaggerated. 

The slogan "Food will win the War," was constantly seen and heard 
throughout the entire country. The feeding of the armies and the civilian 
population of our allies as well as of ourselves was a problem which directly 
confronted the United States. Fortunately, the country had already de- 
veloped an organization which, although meant for peace times, fitted splen- 
didly into these war needs. 

Prior to our entrance into the war, the Agricultural Extension Service 
of the College had developed its work to a point where systematic service 
was being rendered in more than fifty counties of the State. Men known 
as County Agents were permanently located in these counties and the work 
was supervised and led by specialists from the College, trained in various 
branches of agriculture. The people in the counties, who knew the situation 
and understood the importance of the relations which these men bore to their 
respective counties, recognized that their work was a part of a state and 
national system of agricultural development and organization ; that they 
represented the agricultural leadership in their respective counties ; that they 
knew the soil conditions, crop adaptations, possibilities for expansion in pro- 
duction, etc. It was recognized that these men had the confidence of the 
people and were in a position to secure quickly needed information concern- 
ing transportation facilities for farm products and supplies. They could 
disseminate, not only with dispatch but also, more effectively than any other 
agency, such information regarding food production and conservation as the 
government had occasion to distribute to the farmers. 

Most of these men were Penn State graduates, young men under thirty- 
one years of age and especially well fitted for the particular work in which 
they were engaged. The fact that their work was contributing in a substan- 
tial way and material way toward the maintenance of the national interest 
in war times and that their removal would have resulted in direct, substan- 
tial, material loss was so keenly appreciated that the President of the United 



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Penn State in the World \Jak. 



States and the War Department issued a special appeal to young men 
engaged in that work to remain in their positions. A special arrangement 
was provided in the draft regulations in order that they might not be lost 
to the important service in which they were engaged. 

Although the men themselves recognized these facts and felt that as 
individuals they could render greater service as a part of the Agricultural 
Extension Service than as soldiers, they felt embarrassed, nevertheless, be- 
cause of the way in which people who would not or could not understand 
the situation, might regard them, and many of them insisted upon enlisting. 
It was only through the efforts of the government and the insistence of 
the College and of the people in their several communities that these men 
were prevailed upon to remain. The College was responsible for asking 
deferred classification for these men and took the initiative in making the 
necessary arrangements. In not a single instance did an individual ask for 
his own exemption or deferred classification. In fact the request of the 
College was made over the protest of the men themselves. In no case in 
Pennsylvania was a request of the institution to the Draft Board refused. 
A farmer member of a District Board stated that in his opinion the removal 
of a County Agent would be as detrimental to the production of foodstuffs 
as the removal of fifty farmers or farm hands. This is indicative of the 
general attitude toward the importance of the work. Remaining in their 
County Agent positions meant a very much greater sacrifice to these young 
men than did enlisting. The value of the service which they rendered cannot 
be measured. 

Space will not permit a statement of all of the accomplishments of the 
Agricultural Extension Service but reports are available at the College and 
in the counties which show in detail what was done. 

It is sufficient to say that the County Agents in Pennsylvania were 
largely responsible for the securing of sufficient seed corn to plant in the 
spring of 1918, after the hard previous winter; for persuading the farmers 
to increase their acreage of wheat; for the increase in hog raising; and for 
the elimination of non-productive farm animals. 

The Agricultural Extension Service of the College was regarded as 
the official representative of the government in agricultural matters. Certifi- 
cates for the purchase and shipment of lime had to be obtained by individuals 
from the A^^ar Industry Board. Threshing operations which eff'ected a large 
saving of grain were supervised by the government. Information regarding 
food supplies, acreage, farm machinery, fertilizer needs, etc., had to be ob- 
tained from time to time. These regulatory items were handled by the 
Agricultural Extension Service and the detailed work was done by the 
men in the field. None of the accomplishments outlined nor the innumerable 
accomplishments not referred to here could have been possible without the 
services of the individual members of the Agricultural Extension staff. 

Aside from its agricultural work, the College had thirty-nine women 
thoroughly trained in Home Economics who rendered valuable service in 
the field of conservation. Throvigh demonstrations the people were taught 
how to use the various substitutes and how to plan their meals so as to eft'ect 
the greatest saving in their food supplies. The food administration recog- 
nized the services rendered by these Home Economics workers as being one 



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Pbnn State in the World M^r 



of the most helpful phases of the conservation work. Assistance was also 
given the women of the state in clothing problems. 

Following is a list of the members of the College staff who were en- 
gaged in the Agricultural Extension Service during the war, and rendered 
such effective service in increasing food production : Adams, C. S. ; Adams 

D. S.; Adams, H. S.; Atkinson, D. W. ; Bedell, G. H. ; Bell, R. H.; Berger 
A. C. ; Bollinger, W. L. ; Borland, A. A. ; Brenneman, J. A. ; Bucher, F. S. 
Bulkley, G. S. ; Clark, R. S. ; Cobb, H. N. ; Connell, W. B. ; Grossman, P. S. 
Decker, R. M. ; Dimit, B. H. ; Dougherty, P. E. ; Dunlap, R. B. ; Edinger 
P. L. ; Engle. L. F. ; Fry, J. M. ; Garber, N. E. ; Gilbert, B. D. ; Grubbs, N. S. 
Guldin, P. R.; Hacker, A. L. ; Hadley, C. H. ; Hagar, W. S. ; Haverstick 
H. H. ; Havner, H. H. ; Henderson, H. O. ; Hershey, H. F. ; Hibshman, E. K. 
Jackson, G. B. ; Jaquish, J. J. ; Kearney, A. T. ; Klapp, C. W. ; Knandel, H. C. 
Korb, P. P. ; Lehman, S. S. ; Lininger, F. F. ; McBride, C. G. ; McCord, J. L. E. 
McDowell, M. S. ; McKee, J. M. ; McWilliams, H. C. ; Mathers, J. R. ; Moffitt 

E. L. : Niesley, H. G. : Nixon, E. L. ; Ober, B. R. ; Oberle, J. S. ; Olmstead 
R. H. ; Perrv, E. J. ; Pheasant, D. R. ; Pickett, H. R. ; Preston, C. F. ; Rahn^ 
N. M. ; Rei'st, H. N. ; Rothenberger, A. K. ; Schmitz, N. ; Sloan, D. K. 
Sprenkle, P. H. ; Straw, Bert; Thompson, J. C. ; Tomkins, L. C. ; Warner, 
J. W. ; Weaver, F. P. ; Weber, R. R. ; and Yerger, C. R. 

THE FARM TRAINING CAMP 

After the close of College in the spring of 1918, several hundred boys 
from various cities in the State were trained for service on farms at the 
Farm Training Camp located on the Campus. These boys were all members 
of the Agricultural Division of the United States Boys' Working Reserve. 

The United States Boys' Working Reserve was a volunteer registered 
army of patriotic youths between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, 
organized under the United States Department of Labor. Every boy physi- 
cally fit and of proper age was eligible to enroll in this non-military civilian 
army. 

The purpose of the Farm Training Camp was to prepare and train boys 
in a very definite and practical way for active patriotic service on farms. To 
accomplish this the following fundamentals for efficient farm work were 
established: (1) A sense of the bigness and educational value of farm work, 
(2) Thorough and practical knowledge of the common farm practices and 
operations, (3) A body sufficiently developed and hardened to meet the de- 
mands made by the strenuous activities of farm labor. In short the purpose 
of the camp was to make the boy mentally fit, mechanically skillful, and 
physically developed for a season's work of patriotic duty on a farm. 

It was decided that each boy's instruction should be given through actual 
farm practices, that is, he should learn to farm by farming. After taking a 
careful inventory of the equipment of the College and the available teaching 
staff the College found that it could take three hundred boys at a time and 
keep them busy learning farming operations for the ten days they were 
allowed to remain. The entire equipment of the School of Agriculture was 
placed at the disposal of the Instructors giving this work. The boys learned 
to milk by milking the cows of the College herd; they learned to harness 
horses and to drive by practicing on the teams belonging to the College. 



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In fact all of the instruction was made as practical as possible. There was 
no class room or lecture work at all but every boy did the various kinds of 
farm work with his own hands under the direction of a number of the faculty 
of the School of Agriculture. 

Four groups of Reserves, totaling 1,088 lads, completed the farm training 
course. Each group received practically the same instruction except as some 
kinds of work changed to conform to advance of the seasons. In every case 
the boys arrived on a Monday afternoon and were registered and assigned 
to quarters for the night. Tuesday was taken up with general organization, 
and on Wednesday morning actual work on the college farms began, and 
continued until a week from the next Thursday night. The boys left for 
their various assignments on the Friday following completion of the training 
course. 

Upon completion of the ten-day course of instruction, the boys were 
divided into groups and sent out to Liberty Camps located throughout the 
State under the direction of competent leaders, chosen mostly from the upper- 
classmen of the School of Agriculture. The Liberty Camps were used as 
headquarters and the boys went to work on the surrounding farms, reliev- 
ing somewhat the labor shortage and receiving a proportionate compensation 
for their work from the farmers. 

While in training at the College, the boys were quartered in tents lent 
by the Adjutant General from the State Arsenal. The camp proper was on 
a military basis and the boys were given an opportunity to receive some 
military drill and were taught the physical benefits of out-door living and 
regular hours of eating and sleeping. All were uniformed and had mess 
together in a large dining hall, and all were numbered. 

This Farm Training Camp was altogether a new scheme, the first one 
of the kind attempted anywhere in the United States. An idea of the im- 
pression made on the authorities by the work done at the College may be 
gained from the fact that Mr. William E. Hall, National Director, Boys' 
Working Reserve, after he had visited the Training Camp a number of 
times, was so impressed with the work that he called a conference at State 
College of his Federal State Directors from the States east of the Mississippi 
River and several of the States west. These men were given an opportunity 
to make a thorough inspection of the work that the boys did and they were 
unanimous in their approval of it. 

THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 

As soon as the preliminary plans for the Students' Army Training Corps 
were announced, the services of the School of Engineering were enlisted : 

(a) To train men for the Ordnance Division. 

(b) To train men in the Vocational Division. 

(c) To train college students for service in the Signal Corps. 
However, the first classes to be organized were in advance of the S. A. 

T. C. and were in the preparation of men for service in the Ordnance Division, 
which was undoubtedly pioneer war instruction because men began this 
course shortly after the United States declared war. Washington was ad- 



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vised at that time of the ability of the College to undertake such work and 
wired the College authorities to proceed with it. The College officials an- 
swered asking for instructions and a telegram advised there were no instruc- 
tions but to proceed on their own initiative. This was long before the 
S. A. T. C. was organized. A course was then prepared by Professor Hugo 
Diemer in Storekeeping, Accounting, Continuous Inventory, Disbursing and 
Transportation. Groups of 100 men were accepted with long waiting lists. 
These men were put through the course in six weeks of intensive instruction. 
The War Department immediately distributed them to the various posts. 
In all, some 500 men were so trained before the S. A. T. C. was organized. 

Later on, a contract was signed with the War Department for the 
vocational training of enlisted men. On April 7, 1918, the first detachment, 
consisting of two hundred mechanics, arrived. They were assigned to the 
woodworking, forging, the machine shop, or to electrical work, according 
to their previous training and preference. On June 10th, an additional de- 
tachment of 150 automobile mechanics arrived, and, in October, one hundred 
vocational soldiers came for training in Topographical Surveying or drafting. 

In the meantime, courses were prepared for these special purposes and 
material provided. The shops and instructors were already organized and 
from April 7th to April 24th, when College closed, instructors worked 
double time in order to teach their regular classes and give each vocational 
man over six hours of instruction a day for five and one-half days a week. 

Special laboratories which involved the purchase of about $3,000 worth 
of tools and materials, were provided for the electricians. 

For the automobile mechanics, a variety of engines, chassis, and com- 
plete autos were purchased at second hand and installed in the Stock Judging 
Pavilion. The Government also agreed to furnish six standard dairy motor 
trucks. Class B. The instruction consisted of a class period each day and 
more than five hours practical work in taking down engines, reassembling, 
repairing, adjusting and driving them. Trips of thirty to forty miles were 
made with the trucks for material and supplies. 

In August, 1918, a contract was suggested to the War Department for 
detachments of five hundred men for training as trench telephone operators 
and field men. The men at this time numbered five hundred and were 
housed in Old Main and fed in a special mess hall built behind McAllister 
Hall. Five hundred more would have brought the total to one thousand in 
addition to the sixteen hundred College men in the S. A. T. C. It was, there- 
fore, necessary to design and build two barracks to accommodate two hundred 
and fifty men each, and an additional mess hall to feed five hundred men. 

The first contingent of trench telephone men arrived October 1, and the 
second was due November 15. The Armistice prevented the arrival of the 
second contingent. The courses under way were continued to their normal 
completion, December 10th, when the men in vocational training courses left. 

The courses were eight weeks long except for the telephone men, whose 
course, which was much more technical than that of the electricians, was 
planned to cover thirteen weeks for each detachment. 

The more experienced instructors were selected to assist in practical 
instruction and about twenty men were added to the faculty for these 
purposes. 



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A special course in Signal Corps instruction was organized for Senior 
electrical and mechanical engineering students. The course was given in 
the second semester of 1917-18, and again a more extended course was 
given in 1918-19. Of the twenty-five who enlisted in the Signal Corps, most 
of them were later made commissioned officers. 

The total number of academic and vocational men receiving instruction 
at one time in the School of Engineering was about fifteen hundred. Out 
of a total student enrollment in Engineering of eight hundred and fifteen, 
over four hundred were freshmen in the S. A. T. C. The total number 
of vocational men trained was about twenty-five hundred and including 
Ordnance men, the total was three thousand. 

The large number of vocational men could not have been trained except 
for close co-operation with the military authorities who agreed to a program 
by which the vocational men entered the shops at 7 :30 and worked there 
continuously until 12 :00 noon. They drilled immediately after lunch and at 
4:30, they returned to the class instruction, preparatory to the job for the 
following day. By this plan the shops were free for the instruction of 
college students from 12:30 to 4:30. What was most important, this also 
utilized the shops from 7:30 A. M. to 6:00 P. M., which was most efficient 
plant operation — something accomplished at no other institution. 

The work was of great value to the men in that it gave more thorough 
trade training than many had previously received. At the end of the course, 
they were graded as apprentices, journeymen or skilled workers, and to 
each man was given a card that showed his record. 

One effect was to make them more accomplished journeymen in the 
trade which they had selected. As a result, their interest was peculiarly 
keen and their results much greater than had been expected. Further, some 
of these men saw the advantages of a college education and after the Armi- 
stice, applied for admission and were accepted as special students, since in 
many instances they were not graduates from a recognized high school. 

The results were highly approved by the War Department as a letter 
of commendation from Secretary Baker indicates. 

The Ordnance work, which had been organized by Professor Hugo 
Diemer, in the early part of 1917, was directed after he entered the service, by 
Mr. J. O. Keller, until he, too, took a commission in the Army. After this the 
work was under the direction of G. H. Resides. 

Professor C. L. Kinsloe directed the work for electricians and trench 
telephone men. 

Professor E. A. Fessenden directed the instruction for automobile me- 
chanics. 

In the absence of Professor E. D. Walker, who was in France, Professor 
H. B. Shattuck took charge of the surveying. 

The work proved that the Engineering Faculty and facilities under the 
able direction of Dean R. L. Sackett were equal to a very unusual program. 
A great trade school and a college were running side by side without fric- 
tion, on a hurry-up job and the results speak louder than words. The College 
and the School are to be congratulated for this further contribution to the 
business of winning the war and the State should be proud of its Institution 
whose facilities were so speedily organized for war work. 



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THE SCHOOL OF MINES 

The main contributions which the School of Mines made toward the 
winning of the war were made through the work of individual members of 
the faculty. The complete membership of the faculty of one department 
entered munition work either in a military or civil capacity and in anothei 
case only the head of the department remained to carry on its work. The 
school had not been large previous to the war, and the loss of so many 
members of the faculty and students made it almost impossible to undertake 
any special lines of work on a large scale. The regular courses in the School 
met with the approval of the Committee on Education at Washington, but 
certain changes were made to meet the needs of the hour. All men entering 
the School were given training in the use of explosives, in blasting, tunneling, 
excavating, and other related work to fit them specially for the engineering 
work of the army along the lines of mining under the enemy's positions. Lec- 
tures in geology were given the engineers in training, on such subjects as water 
supplies, the relation of topography to underlying rocks, and the character 
of rocks met in trenching and tunneling. Some students were given field 
training in mapping topographic and geologic features so as to fit them 
specially for certain phases of military mapping. 

The members of the faculty remaining in State College carried on inves- 
tigational work on such matters as the testing of special alloys used in the 
manufacture of munitions and the search for white clays in Central Penn- 
sylvania. This work on clay was done for the State as an effort was being 
made to find domestic deposits of clays which could be used especially in 
paper making. Much of this type of clay was formerly imported from 
England, but shipping had to be conserved and further, the freight rates on 
this commodity made transportation from the mines in the Southern States, 
where large deposits occur almost prohibitive. In addition to the search for 
clays some examinations of coal properties and small deposits of manganese 
were made. 

The School was also able to make a contribution towards the work of 
munition manufacture in lending special metallurgical equipment, which it 
was impossible to purchase at the time, to one of the large gun plants. This 
equipment was employed in the testing of various high grade steels which 
were used in certain guns. 

Only Dr. E. S. Moore, the present Dean of the School of Mines, Pro- 
fessor W. R. Chedsey, A. P. Honess and C. W. Robinson remained out of 
the faculty and between them, they took care of the lecture and class room 
work, which required extremely long shifts and had little relief. 



THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCE 

Under the efficient leadership of the late Dean George G. Pond, the 
school of Natural Science, as a school, was not materially affected in the 
nature of its work by the coming of the war. The principles of its chemistry 
and physics departments were continued unchanged, for no change was 
necessary. It points with pride, however, to the work of its graduates and 



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the members of its faculty in the two years during 
on a war basis. 



/hich the country was 



In practically every plant where chemical matters were dealt with, were 
to be found Penn State graduates. The records of the individual members 
of the Alumni disclose the important places in powder manufacturing plants, 
in investigational work and in the chemical warfare service that were occu- 
pied either by members of the faculty or by graduates in chemistry. 

Similarly, the faculty and graduates in physics entered the government 
service. Investigation of the methods for procuring better instruments for 
navigation, for gun sighting, and the like demanded their efforts, and the 
results obtained are enumerated in the records of the College, and of the 
War and Navy Departments to their credit. 

THE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS 

The services of the faculty of the School of Liberal Arts were enlisted 
on the establishment of the S. A. T. C. Courses were begun in Mathematics 
designed to assist those who would later enter the service in the artillery 
branch, or those who wished to get quickly certain engineering practices. 
Courses in hygiene, designed to fit the soldier to take better care of himself 
were instituted. 

The work of training the members of the Students' Army Training Corps 
in the background and aims of the war in order that they might be intelligent 
soldiers was entrusted to the Department of English. Lectures on the subjects 
of the historical background of the War, the causes, the aims, and the ideals of 
the war, were delivered to all the men in the two lower classes by several mem- 
bers of the Department of English. The subjects were then discussed in the 
smaller groups that had formerly been composition classes. 

Besides these activities, many of the members of the faculty entered 
the service. 

THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY 

The Report of the Librarian for 1918-19, details the part the Library 
took in the war work of the College. The American Library Association with 
headquarters in the Library of Congress, officially designated as the War 
Library Agency, recognized the library work at the College by naming the 
Librarian, Dr. E. W. Runkle, as Supervising Librarian for all lines of War 
Training, academic and vocational, carried on at the College. By exchange 
of views, by printed material and otherwise, the College Librarians were thus 
enabled to pool their experiences, and to better adapt themselves to the some- 
what radically different conditions. 

Of the lines of activity carried on by the Library, some of which ma- 
terially altered the regular work, the following may be mentioned : Receiving 
station for books for soldiers, and over a thousand carefully selected volumes 
forwarded ; funds for library war work readily exceeded ; duplicate copies 
were purchased ; books especially useful to vocational men were secured ; 
circulation of certain groups of books for shorter periods than two weeks 
multiplied their use ; periodicals and books for barracks, and hospital quarters 



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were furnished ; collected and distributed through the Y. M. C. A. a large 
quantity of periodical material, magazines and weekly journals ; placed on 
reserve at a prominent place in library books on war, strategy, description 
and adventure ; served as a distributing center for posters and circulars of 
War Loans, Food Campaigns, etc. 

THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT 

As was to be expected, the Military Department had a very large share 
in the war activities of the College. 

In May, 1917, approximately 300 men from all classes volunteered for 
military service and were sent to Madison Barracks, near Watertown, N. Y., 
and to Fort Niagara for advance instruction. The regular military work of 
the freshman and sophomore classes was carried on for the remainder of 
the college year with a greatly increased interest and more intensive effort. 

With the opening of the College in September, 1917, under the sole charge 
of Mr. W. O. Thompson, a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps was 
established and 175 members of the junior class, who alone were eligible, 
were enrolled. This work, known as advance instruction, was in addition to 
the regular military training which is compulsory at all times for the fresh- 
man and sophomore classes, in accordance with and by virtue of the Morrill 
Act of 1863 and supporting Pennsylvania enactments. Military training, 
under the instructions from the War Department, was carried out through 
the entire academic year of 1917-1918 instead of merely in the fall and spring 
as formerly. In November, 1917, Major James Baylies, United States Army 
Retired, was detailed to the College as Commandant. The college vear ended 
April 24, 1918. 

On June 1, 1918, the first detachment was sent from the College to 
Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, N. Y., and included in this were 108 men 
who had been members of the R. O. T. C. unit all year. A second detachment 
was sent July 18 to the enlarged Plattsburg camp opening on this date. 

It is at this time that the history of the Students' Army Training 
Corps properly begins, particularly with regard to the colleges of Eastern 
United States. Following the R. O. T. C. Camp in June, the enlarged Platts- 
burg Camp was the first S. A. T. C. in the country and, with the two similar 
camps at Fort Sheridan and the Presidio, can be considered the beginning of 
the scheme to militarize the colleges of the country. 

The idea at the beginning of these S. A. T. C. camps was to train 
civilian instructors in military science to aid in instruction. Accordingly, a 
special call was sent out to the colleges to send members of the faculty to 
this training camp and as a result about ten per cent, of the attendance at 
the first S. A. T. C. at Plattsburg were the faculty representatives from 
the various colleges. The members of these summer training camps were 
regularly enlisted as privates in the United States Army for a period of 
sixty days. The Camp opened July 18, 1918, and closed September 15, 1918. 
Those who qualified were given certificates bearing the words "Qualified as 
Instructor" and signed by the commanding officer of the Camp. 



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During the summer, however, the War Department, through the Com- 
mittee on Education and Special Training at Washington, changed the whole 
plan for the colleges. Under the revised scheme the male students of mili- 
tary age enrolled in the colleges were to be regularly inducted by their draft 
boards and enlisted in the army in the Students' Army Training Corps — a 
new and special, but regular corps of the United States Army. 

In view of this revised plan it was evident that the plan for civilian 
military instructors would need changing. Accordingly, on September 16, 
1918, when the S. A. T. C. "graduated," selections were made for officers for 
the Students' xA.rmy Training Corps in the colleges. For Eastern United 
States these officers came from the first S. A. T. C. summer camp at Platts- 
burg and held commissions as second lieutenants. Higher ranking officers 
were detailed to the colleges from the army. 

Thus, in September, 1918, The Pennsylvania State College in common 
with the other colleges and universities throughout the country, opened under 
military control. 

The purpose of the organization of the Students' Army Training Corps 
was to enable the government to utilize concertedly the resources of the 
educational plants in every way possible and particularly as preliminary 
training centers for officers before the latter were taken to the regular 
Officers' Training Camps. It was an extension of the uses that had been 
made of the colleges for more than a year in training men. 

Evidence of this is the great number of calls that were made for larger 
numbers of men for the regular Officers' Training Camps in the brief time 
between the organization of the S. A. T. C. in the colleges October 1, 1918, 
and the Armistice, November 11, 1918. In the entire United States, during 
this time, 2,500 men were transferred from the S. A. T. C. organizations to 
the Officers' Training Camps at the big cantonments. 

The Pennsylvania State College S. A. T. C. sent 61 candidates from its 
organization and had an order for 50 more at the time the Armistice was 
signed. If this rate had been maintained, all those in the S. A. T. C. at the 
college would have been transferred in a trifle over a year, to the various 
Officers' Training Camps and it is possible that a continuation of the war 
would have found the transfer rate increased. 

The Students' Army Training Corps was organized into two principal 
sections : 

A — The Collegiate Section, made up of 

1. Army Unit — approximately 1,150 men 

2. Navy Unit — approximately 225 men. 

This section was composed of men regularly matriculated in college 
who were given training preliminary to being sent to Officers' Training 
Camps. The work was almost wholly infantry in character, embracing the 
usual forms of drill, bayonet and grenade vi^ork. Two hours each day were 
devoted entirely to military work. The remainder of each day was spent 
in those collegiate studies that would add most effectively to the ability of 
the men in various war activities. 

B — The Vocational Section which was composed for the most part of 
men not meeting the educational requirements for entrance to regular courses 



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of the college. Nevertheless, some of the men were college graduates who 
had enlisted and were preparing themselves for military vocations. Properly- 
qualified candidates were transferred to the Officers' Training Camps and 
later received their commissions. The work of these men along certain mili- 
tary vocational lines has been outlined under the "School of Engineering" 
although they also received instruction necessary in military science. 

The signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, caused a cancella- 
tion of calls for men to be sent to the Officers' Training Camps and upon 
receipt of proper orders demobilization of the S. A. T. C, as such commenced. 
Practically all the men were discharged or transferred by January 1, 1919, 
or shortly thereafter. 

The efifects of the S. A. T. C. on the College were various. Necessarily 
the academic standard became lowered during the war, but the Commandant 
Major James Baylies, U. S. A. Retired, did everything he could to co-operate 
with the college authorities in maintaining as far as possible the scholastic 
standing. The class spirit was very nearly extinguished and "hazing" by 
the Sophomores was the first of the customs to be ended. Nearly all student 
activities suffered by reason of the quantity and character of the student 
work including the military regulations. Varsity Athletics sufifered because 
of shortage of material although all forms of athletics were encouraged, par- 
ticularly mass athletics. 

The Y. M. C. A. established a "hut" and increased its activities in many 
ways to aid the men quartered at the College, and in general performed most 
excellent service. 

The fact that the Government paid the expenses of each enlisted S. A. 
T. C. member and in addition provided the regular army pay of $30.00 per 
month, had its effect on the individuals. It made the individuals feel inde- 
pendent of the College as such and probably decreased the attention given 
academic work although it increased the attention given the military work. 
At the same time, because of this pay, many men were enabled to enter 
college and acquire some college training who would not otherwise have done 
so. All worked to succeed in getting to an Officers' Training Camp and the 
response of the students in general was satisfactory. 

It became a certainty in 1918 that a more systematic and quicker method 
of getting trained men into the service was necessary, and it was apparent 
the best material for officers could be found in the institutions of higher learn- 
ing of the country. The educational plants had without exception imme- 
diately upon declaration of war been placed at the service of the Government 
and the latter found it advisable to use them under one system or method. 
In addition it should be recognized that due to the drains made on the youth 
of the nation provision had to be made to prevent the disintegration of the 
colleges and universities such as occurred in Europe after the outbreak of 
hostilities. Whatever difficulties there were with the S. A. T. C. it is most 
probable the basic idea or theory was sound but insufficient time between the 
inception and demobilization elapsed to develop fully its value. 

Every man who was in the S. A. T. C. was regularly enlisted in the Army 
or Navy and was part of the armed forces of the United States. A longer time 
would undoubtedly have developed the advantage of the preliminary training 
received in the Students' Army Training Corps. 



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The value of military training to the Penn State men as taught before 
the outbreak of the war, which required the work to be intensified, was much 
in evidence. The knowledge of military fundamentals was still with those 
who had graduated years before and those from The Pennsylvania State 
College and other Land Grant Colleges had the advantage over those who 
had not been required to study military science and drill. 

PUBLIC OCCASIONS 

There were many public occasions, but two such occasions at the very 
beginning proved (if proof be needed) that the heart of Penn State was sound 
when the Country called in the World War. 

First, when the entire institution was tendered to the Government of 
the United States for the successful prosecution of the War. This was the 
pledge and a dedication. Second, when the student body of 1,600 awaiting 
induction, the 263 enlisted men (Vocational section of the college) and 250 
members of the Faculty were lined up on the Front Campus to take the oath 
of allegiance to the country. 

Other public occasions were numerous. Student rallies were held to 
awaken enthusiasm, meetings were held to prevent undue enthusiasm, to 
counsel and direct as to the duty of the college man in the crisis. Conferences 
were organized, of Superintendents of Schools, on Education and War condi- 
tions, of Agricultural Agents and Experts on food supply, of Boy Scouts, of 
Red Cross and other relief activities. 

When the war was over, and that never to be forgotten November 11th 
came, the celebration of college joy and satisfaction over the armistice were 
no less hearty and enthusiastic. In honor of her sons, who as soldiers and 
sailors gave their lives in the great war for freedom, the College held a Com- 
memoration Service on Memorial Day, 1919, on the Old Main Terrace. The 
President of the Board of Trustees, H. Walton Mitchell, presided. An ad- 
dress was delivered by the Reverend John Ellery Tuttle, of Swarthmore, 
Pa., and the Roll of Honor was read by Professor A. Howry Espenshade. 

At the Fifty-ninth Commencement, June 11th, 1919, degrees were con- 
ferred upon six members of the Senior Class who gave their lives to their 
Country in military service. At the Mid-year Commencement, February, 
1921, Honorary Military Certificates were awarded to members of the Faculty, 
past and present, who engaged in military service. Honorary Military Certi- 
ficates were also awarded to all members of the student body who participated 
in the military or naval service. Thus the College dedicated itself to the 
country, served as duty prompted, honored in public and private those who 
gave all and those who would gladly have given all at their country's call. 

POST-BELLUM 

REHABILITATION 

In order that the disabled service men and women might once more be- 
come self-supporting, the United States Government, at the close of the war, 
passed the Rehabilitation Act. The enforcement of this Act was first placed 
in the Federal Board for Vocational Education and remained there until 



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August, 1921, since which time it has been under the supervision of a new- 
Bureau in the Treasury Department known as the Veterans' Bureau. 

To bring about this training many of the large Colleges, particularly 
the State institutions, and preparatory schools were asked to assist. The 
Pennsylvania State College was among the first to come to the front. In 
fact, before the Rehabilitation Act was passed, the School of Agriculture in- 
cluded in its budget a special fund for this purpose. 

The first Rehabilitation student came to Penn State in the spring of 1919. 
Up to the present, there have been placed in training at Penn State a grand 
total of 293. Of this number thirty-one were students of the College before 
entering the service. 

Work is given to Rehabilitation students in all of the five schools in the 
College. The majority of the men, however, are found in the Two-Year 
Course in Agriculture. 

The Rehabilitation men have proved themselves interested in everything 
pertaining to the welfare of the College. They have been welcomed most 
cordially by the College, the Faculty and regular students, and have returned 
the welcome in a manner that speaks well for the project. Almost all will 
graduate in some course and will receive a degree, thus becoming Alumni of 
the institution. With a sincere purpose they have taken proper advantage of 
the opportunity presented. The Country and College can feel well satisfied 
with the efforts to give the men who sacrificed so much an opportunity to 
refit themselves for civilian life. 



CONCLUSION 

In conclusion it can be said in all fairness that the College, the Faculty, 
Alumni, Former Students and Students all entered fully into the war work 
and whole heartedly endeavored in the most creditable fashion to assist the 
country in helping win the conflict. The record of Penn State is an enviable 
one and one of which not only those directly connected with the institution 
can feel justly proud but one to which the whole people, particularly of the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to whom the institution belongs, can point 
with pride. 



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Old Main 




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-i.\ u, th «- \vor 




Honor List Prepared for Commencement Containing Names of Alumni, Former Students 
AND Faculty in the Service 




Mustering in the S. A. T. C. 



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Edgewood Arsenal. Chemical Warfare Service 

(Paintiug and striping the filled shell) 




Edgewood Chlorine Plant. Part of Edgewood Arsenal 

(Built and operated under direction ol W. H Walker, '9U) 



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U. S. G0VERNME%T HeLII M Pl\NT N<1 1, ToKT WllRIH 1 E\ 
(Built by Lt. Cul. W . P. Eothrock, "J3) 




Sending a Buzzer Message. C. L. Heckerman, '11 



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Camp Logan, August 8, 1917 




Camp Logan, August 10, 1917 




Getting Ready 



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Part II 



Alumni and 
Former Students 



"Indicates Death in Service 



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LOUIS E. REBER 




DUGALD C. JACKSON 




JOHN' r. JAlKSdN 




WILLIAM B. JACKSON 





CHARLES M. H. ATHBRTON 




WILLIAM r. ];ii'nii!i>i-K 



WILLIAM H. WALKER 



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ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS 
1880 

REBER, LOUIS E., who was at one time Dean of the Engineering 
School of the Pennsylvania State College, began his war work as State Di- 
rector of the Boys' Working Reserve. In August, 1917, he became Associate 
Director of the Public Service Reserve, stationed at Washington, D. C. 
While organizing this work he had in charge also the collecting of labor and 
industrial statistics from all manufacturers supplying the government. 

In April, 1918, Mr. Reber became Director of the Section on Education 
and Training, with the United States Shipping Board. In January, 1919, he 
was sent to France as Director of Trade and Engineering Education for the 
American Expeditionary Force. This work consisted principally in estab- 
lishing army post schools and divisional schools and, after the Army took 
over the work in its own Educational Corps, the American Expeditionary 
Force University at Beaune. Here Mr. Reber organized and directed the 
engineering school, and retained general charge of the field work in engineer- 
ing and trade instruction, as well as supervising the placing of engineering 
students in French and English universities and technical schools. 

1885 

JACKSON, DUGALD C, after being granted leave of absence from his 
position as Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, and after temporarily suspending the firm of D. C. & W. B. 
Jackson, Consulting Engineers, Major Jackson sailed for France on May 10, 
1918, having been called to active duty in his rank of major of Engineers 
(Reserve Corps) to take in hand the co-ordination and procurement of me- 
chanical and electrical power for the American activities in France. This 
power demand amounted to 50,000 kilowatts on account of the enormous port 
developments, repair ships, erection shops, warehouses and hospitals which 
the American army constructed in France. 

While overseas Major Jackson was promoted to the rank of lieutenant 
colonel and was presented with a decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of 
Honor. 

He returned to this country in May, 1919, and received his discharge 
from the army at once in order to resume his duties at the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology without delay. 

Between the date of the armistice and his return. Lieutenant Colonel 
Jackson served as Chief Engineer of the Board of War Damages in Allied 
Countries, and in this position, he had charge of estimating for the American 
Peace Commissioners the money value of physical damage to property caused 
in the allied countries by the ravages of war. 

1889 

JACKSON, JOHN PRICE. Dean of the School of Engineering of the Penn- 
sylvania State College, from 1907 to 1913, and former Commissioner of Labor 
and Industry of the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Jackson was commissioned 
Major of Engineers, U. S. Army, July 5, 1917, and sailed for France, Novem- 



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ber 26, 1917, with the American Expeditionary Forces. He was in charge of 
design and erection of the Engineer Corps shops of the American Expedition- 
ary Forces in 1917 and early 1918. He organized and was Chief of the Labor 
Bureau of the Army from early 1918 to end of that year (the Bureau had 
many posts throughout France, and others in Italy, Spain, Portugal and 
England). During the latter part of that year he was also Deputy Director 
of the Army Service Corps. After the armistice he was Chief of the Depart- 
ment of Finance and Economics of the Damage Section of the American 
Mission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. Following that he was assigned for 
a short time to the Educational Corps and then assigned to the Railway 
Transportation Corps to investigate and report on the industrial and labor 
situation in England and France, and spent considerable time in travel and 
observation in the British Isles. He was then assigned as a member of the 
American Military Mission to Armenia with the duty of studying and re- 
porting on the characteristics, condition and industrial capacities of the 
the people. He returned from Turkey to America, November 11, 1919, and 
was discharged December 6th of that year. He was recommended for the 
rank of Colonel of Engineers in the spring of 1918; commissioned Lieu- 
tenant Colonel of Engineers, August 31, 1918, and again recommended for 
the rank of Colonel in November, 1918, just before the armistice. 

Lieutenant Colonel Jackson had conferred upon him the following honors : 
Chevalier de La Legion d'Honeur, by the French Government; Croce at 
Merito di Guerra, by the Italian Government ; Order of the Crown of Italy, 
with the rank of Commander, by the Italian Government, and a citation by 
the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces for ex- 
ceptionally meritorious service. 

1890 

JACKSON, WILLIAM B., with his brother Dugald C. Jackson, tem- 
porarily suspended his business as consulting engineer, with offices in Chicago 
and Boston, to enter the military service. With the rank of major (commis- 
sioned April 19, 1918) in the (Construction Division of the National Army 
he was assigned to Camp Merritt, N. J., the embarkation camp of the port of 
New York, as Officer in charge of Utilities, and later he was appointed Con- 
structing Quartermaster of the camp. 

As Officer in charge of Utilities he organized the department for handling 
the affairs of the camp on a large scale and was responsible for the operation 
and maintenance of the water supply, sewerage systems, electrical supply, 
roads, buildings and grounds, heating system, refrigeration, etc., of the camp, 
and was also in charge of the fire department and telephone system. 

As Constructing Quartermaster, he was in charge of the major pieces of 
construction work in the camp. 

He received his discharge from the service on December 30, 1918, and 
accepted the commission as major of the Engineering Section of the Officers' 
Reserve, U. S. Army, on May 6, 1919. 

LEYDEN, HARRY R., on June 20, 1918, was appointed Major in the 
Engineering Corps, and was detailed for special duty with the Power Section, 
Office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. December 31, 1918, he was 
honorably discharged from active service and appointed major in the Engineer 
Reserve Corps. 



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WALKER, WILLIAM H., was Professor of Chemical Engineering at 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the time of the declaration of 
war. In August, 1917, he was asked by the Bureau of Mines to join that 
organization at Washington and assumed direction of an investigation then 
under way into the possibility of obtaining in commercial quantities the rare 
gas helium, for use in aeronautics. He studied the natural gas fields of Texas, 
and contracted for the erection of a large plant in which helium was to be 
extracted from this source. 

In January, 1918, Lieutenant Colonel Walker was transferred tc the 
Ordnance Department, with promotion to the rank of colonel, and made 
commanding officer of the war gas munitions plant then being built on 
Gunpowder Neck, Md. As a result of Colonel Walker's untiring energy, 
enthusiastic leadership, and great engineering ability, Edgewood Arsenal, as 
this plant was called, grew from a few farm houses in November, 1917, to the 
greatest chemical factory in the country in November, 1918. At the Edge- 
water Arsenal more toxic gas was produced the week before the armistice 
was signed than by all the other Allies and Germany combined. 

The Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to Colonel Walker, Chemi- 
cal Warfare Service, for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service. 
The citation reads : "His extraordinary technical ability, untiring industry, 
and great zeal have enabled remarkable results to be achieved in the face 
of many obstacles encountered." 

Colonel Walker, after being discharged in May, 1919, returned to his 
collegiate and professional work in Cambridge, Mass. 

1892 

ATHERTON, CHARLES M. H., for a number of years did social settle- 
ment work in the Bohemian district of New York City and became very 
familiar with the Czecho-Slovak language. Owing to his ability to speak 
the Slavonic language he volunteered for Y. M. C. A. work in Russia and 
was chosen for a special mission with the Czecho-Slovak army. 

He sailed from San Francisco, Cal., with other Y. M. C. A. workers, on 
September 29, 1917, via Honolulu, Japan and Siberia. In Honolulu they 
were met by a special Russian embassy. After a short stay in Japan the 
party continued the journey, arriving in Moscow without experiencing any 
impossible difficulties. They Avere in Moscow during the Bolshevik revolution 
which lasted seven days. 

In November, 1917, Mr. Atherton joined the Czecho-Slovak army while 
it was fighting the Austrians. He Avas with them while they were trying to 
escape from Bolshevik Russia in an endeavor to get to the western front 
where they could fight the Germans. 

Mr. Atherton returned to the United States on November 5, 1918, and 
again sailed for Siberia July 12, 1919, in company with Dr. Pisek, the 
Bohemian minister in New York, with whom he worked. 

1893 

DALE, FREDERICK ALLPORT, upon graduation in 1900 from the 
Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, was appointed first 
lieutenant and acting surgeon. United States Army. 



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In 1917, he was promoted from major, which rank he had held since 
1909, to lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps, and shortly thereafter, in the 
same year, was made colonel. Medical Corps. 

He took part in the Vera Cruz campaign in 1914, and from ]\larch, 1916, 
to November, 1919, he was on duty in the Philippine Islands as Medical 
Supply Officer and Acting Department Surgeon. 

ROTHROCK, WILLIAM POWELL, entered the first officers training 
camp, Plattshurg, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and was commissioned captain of 
Engineers, O. R. C, June 19, 1917, and major of Engineers, U. S. A., February 
15, 1918. 

On July 19, 1917, ]\Iajor Rothrock was directed to Houston, Texas, and 
as Constructing Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer, took charge of the 
construction of Camp Logan, the Nation Guard camp at that place. Camp 
Logan was the first of the 32 camps and cantonments completed, and one 
of the lowest in cost, representing an expenditure of $1,962,000. 

Major Rothrock led the troops that prevented the negro soldiers, who 
mutinied on the night of August 23, 1917, from entering the city of Houston. 

Major Rothrock, on November 24, 1917, went to Fort Worth, Texas, 
and there constructed U. S. Experimental Gas Plants No. 1 and No. 2, for 
the production of helium. The work consisted of the design and construc- 
tion of steel and wooden buildings, pipe-line work and the installation of 
much special and intricate machinery, at a cost of about $800,000. 

On May 8, 1918, Major Rothrock went to Petrolia, Texas, and there 
constructed U. S. Experimental Gas Plant No. 3, at a cost of about $300,000. 
This plant was also for the production of helium. 

Major Rothrock on June 19, was directed to proceed to Brunswick, Ga., 
and take charge of the construction of a picric acid plant, at a cost of about 
$10,000,000. On August 27, 1918, he was ordered to construct a picric acid 
plant at Grand Rapids, Michigan, at a cost of about $8,500,000. 

To settle claims Major Rothrock moved his office to Washington, D. C, 
March 11, 1919. 

Major Rothrock received his discharge from the service August 1, 1919. 
In February, 1920, he was recommissioned with rank of lieutenant colonel, 
Corps of Engineers' Reserve. 

WALSH, JOHN G., enlisted March 23, 1917, as yeoman (second class). 
United States Naval Reserve Force, and was called for active duty September 
17, 1917, at Philadelphia Navy Yard. He was discharged, for physical dis- 
abilitv, januarv 5, 1918, at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J. 



1894 

BELT, ABRAM D., served with the American Expeditionary Force in 
France. 

EDWARDS, ERNEST CARD, after serving for four years as captain 
of Company H, Second Regiment, Colorado National Guard, La Junta, he 
was commissioned first lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, 
inactive. Lieutenant Edwards, on August 1, 1917, was assigned to active 
service at Fort Riley, Kansas, with rank of first lieutenant, was honorably 
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WHITE, JOHN BEAVER, at the outbreak of the war, in August, 1914, 
gave up his business in London, where he was established under the firm 
name of Beaver White & Co., Investment Bankers and Brokers, to serve as 
a member of the American Relief Committee in London. In October, 1914, 
when the work of the Relief Committee was practically concluded, Mr. White 
joined Herbert C. Hoover, along with a number of other men, in the forma- 
tion of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and served on the Relief Com- 
mission as a director in London, and subsequently in New York, from the 
latter part of 1915. 

On the entry of the United States into the war Mr. White went to 
Washington and became a member of the Food Administration under Mr. 
Hoover. Subsequently, he was appointed a member of the War Trade Board 
by the President, and served on this board until February, 1919, when he 
went to London and Paris. Mr. White served in Washington as one of the 
"dollar-a-year men," and received the personal thanks of the President for 
his services. 

1895 

GRAY, BUDD D., on June 20, 1917, entered the Government as a 
civilian, in charge of Materials Inspection Section, Equipment Division of 
Signal Corps, United States Army. This division provided the army with 
all airplanes and other aviation equipment, the work being scattered all over 
the country. In October, he was commissioned major. Signal Officers' Re- 
serve Corps. In addition to the above mentioned duties Major Gray took 
charge of the Specification Section, which prepared specifications for every- 
thing purchased or manufactured. During this time his headquarters were 
in Washington, D. C. 

In December, 1917, Major Gray went to Dayton, Ohio, and organized 
the Production Engineering Department, Equipment Division of Signal Corps. 
The duty was to supply airplane and engine manufacturers with engineering 
data, designs, specifications equipment, etc., to enable them to manufacture 
in quantity. He moved the department to Washington in April, 1918. On 
June 1, 1918, he resigned his commission, but continued in charge of the 
Production Engineering Department until the end of June. 

About September 1, 1918, Major Gray took charge of the Government's 
Hispano-Suiza Airplane Engine program, involving about $100,000,000 worth 
of engines and spares, which were being manufactured in New Brunswick, 
N. J., Long Island City, N. Y., Syracuse, N. Y., and Buffalo, N. Y., with 
headquarters in New York City. He gave up this work shortly after the 
armistice was signed, and closed his service with the Government. 

GREEN, GEORGE DORSEY, was commissioned captain. Medical 
Corps, July 17, 1917, and assigned to command Red Cross Ambulance Com- 
pany No. 41. On September 11, 1917, he was ordered witli his company to 
Camp Upton, N. Y., where the name of his company was changed to 305th 
Ambulance Company, 302nd Sanitary Train, 77th Division. 

On March 26, 1918, Captain Green was ordered into foreign service, and 
landed at Liverpool, England, April 11, and at Calais, France, April 12, 1918. 

Captain Green was in command of the 305th Field Ambulance (British 
system) at Ypres, Belgium, from April 18 to May 8, 1918. From May 10 to 
June 10, 1918, he was with the 42nd Division (British), Albert Sector, but 



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JOHN B. WHITE 




ROI'.l 1,1 I 1.1. 1 1 1! 




Mil, 

RALPH I.. MACDONALD 




JOHN L ROBISON 





J. M. MlKii;l;i\ 




ROY s :moori: 



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regained the 77th Division (American) at Baccorat, Torraine, June 15, 1918. 
On June 18, 1918, Captain Green was placed in command of the Ambulance 
Sector as Director of the 302nd Sanitary Train, and served in the capacity 
in the line in Baccorat Sector, in the Oise-Aisne, in the Vesle-Aisne, and in 
both phases of the Argonne offensive. He was commissioned major, Medical 
Corps, September 24, 1918, and was in command of the 302nd Sanitary Train 
from March 4, 1919. 

Major Green landed in New York from Brest, May 15, 1919, and was 
later discharged from service. 

GREER, ROBERT B., although not enlisted in regular military service, 
for he had been twice refused for service in the Medical Corps of the Army 
because of physical disability, was very active in war service as a civilian. 
He was chairman of the Butler County Chapter of the American Red Cross 
during 1917, 1918, and 1919 ; chairman of the Auxiliary Medical Committee 
for Butler County, Council of National Defense ; chairman in charge of 
organization. Volunteer Medical Service Corps for Butler County, and mem- 
ber of the United War Work Committee of the city of Butler. 

MacDONALD, RALPH L., enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps, United 
States Reserve, was commissioned October, 1917, and assigned for duty with 
the Construction Division. He was first stationed at Camp Sherman, Chilli- 
cothe, Ohio, as Officer in Charge of Utilities, and later was made Constructing 
Quartermaster. In May, 1918, he was assigned to special duty at Baltimore, 
Md., in connection with the high tension transmission line to the Edgewood 
Arsenal. Upon completion of this duty, he was ordered to the Big Point 
Ordnance Depot, and, as Constructing Quartermaster, completed the con- 
struction thereof. 

Major MacDonald was then transferred to the Ordnance Department, 
and received his discharge in April, 1919. 

ROBISON, JOHN I., was one of the first physicians to leave Scranton 
for military service. He was commissioned as captain. Medical Officers' 
Reserve Corps, and went to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 8, 1917. He was 
transferred to Fort Houston, Texas, where he was attached to the 6th Sani- 
tary Train, of the 5th Division. He was promoted to major, M. O. R. C. 

Late in May, 1918, Major Robison left for France, and was in action for 
eighteen days. From that time until the middle of October, when he was 
slightly gassed, he was continuously on the front line. He developed pleural 
pneumonia from the effects of gas, and was sent to a resort in Southern 
France to recuperate. 

Major Robison returned to this country, received his discharge, and is 
again practicing medicine in Scranton. 

SNYDER, GEORGE BRADY, was a member of the Engineer Officers' 
Reserve Corps, from September 19, 1917, to April 2, 1918, and held the rank 
of first lieutenant. He completed the course in the Engineer Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., but had no overseas service. 

1896 

BRICKER, EDWIN DYSON, was graduated from West Point, and 
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1909. After service in the Spanish-American War, later during occupation 
of the Philippines, Major Bricker, at the opening of the World War was 
assigned to duty at the Frankford Arsenal, Pa., from March 4, 1915, to June 
14, 1917, and was on duty in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, 
D. C, from June 14, 1917, to September 19, 1917, as lieutenant colonel. 
Ordnance Department. 

Lieutenant Colonel Bricker was with the American Expeditionary Forces, 
France, as Chief Purchasing Officer for the Ordnance Department, from 
October 19, 1917, to August 14, 1919. On January 14, 1919, he was made 
colonel. Ordnance Department. Colonel Bricker was Chief Ordnance Officer, 
American Forces in France, from August 15, 1919, to November 15, 1919. 
From November 26, 1919, Colonel Bricker was on duty in the office of the 
Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C. 

Colonel Bricker received the Distinguished Service Medal, presented by 
the United States Government ; and the Officier de la Legion d'Honeur, pre- 
sented by the French Government. 

EBY, CHARLES McHENRY, during fifteen years of service in the 
Regular Army, 1902-1917, rose from private to captain. At the entrance of 
the United States into the World War, Captain Eby was Provost Marshall 
at El Paso, Tex., and remained there until May 17, 1917, when he was ordered 
to Douglas, Ariz. Captain Eby was promoted to major on August 5, 1917. 

On September 1, 1917, Major Eby was sent to Camp Lee, Va., with the 
80th Division, and sailed with them on May 18, 1918, arriving in France May 
31. He was assigned as Student Officer to the Staff College from June 11 to 
September 15, 1918. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel July 30, 1918. 

Lieutenant Colonel Eby was on General Staft" duty with the 37th Division 
from September 16 to September 28, 1918. He sailed for the United States 
September 29, and arrived in New York on October 13, where he remained 
awaiting orders and on leave of absence until November 4, 1918. At this 
time he was ordered to Camp Meade, Md., as Assistant Chief of Staff, 11th 
Division. On January 18, 1919, he went to \\'ashington, D. C, with the 
Motor Transport Corps. 

GLOSSER, HERBERT HARTMAN, became first lieutenant Medical 
Corps, 74th National Guard, New York, was transferred to Federal service 
and located at Pharr, Tex., July, 1916. He resigned from service August, 
1916, and applied for a commission in United States Medical_ Reserve Corps. 
He was rejected for physical disability, but he served on Medical Commission 
to Plattsburg for examination of aviators, and later served locally on Exemp- 
tion Board No. 15, and Advisory Board No. 42, as ophthalmologist. 

HOOPES, EDWARD TRIMBLE, was commissioned in the Supply 
Corps, United States Navy, 1903, and served throughout the World War as 
lieutenant commander in that corps. 

KELKER, RUDOLPH F., JR., entered the First Engineer Officers' 
Training Camp, with the commission of captain, Engineers Reserve Corps, 
and at the close of the camp was assigned to the 311th Engineers, 86th 
Division, Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., in which regiment he was assigned 
to duty as regimental adjutant. He was later promoted to rank of major, 
and assigned to duty as camp adjutant. Camp Grant, 111. He was ordered 
overseas, reporting to the Adjutant General, Service of Supply, and assigned 



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to duty in that branch of the service at General Headquarters, American 
Expeditionary Forces. Major Kelker's length of service was two years, of 
which eight months were spent in France. 

McCASKEY, WALTER B., at the entrance of the United States into 
the AVorld War, held the rank of captain, Quartermaster's Corps, 30th Infan- 
try, having received his appointment as second lieutenant, 21st Infantry, in 
1899, with continuous service in the armv, being promoted to major, May 15, 
1917. 

Major McCaskey was on duty at the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Sheridan, 111., from May to September, 1917. He was promoted to lieutenant 
colonel, National Army (temporary), and assigned to duty at Camp Upton, 
N. Y., August, 1917. He was in charge of the Third Officers' Training Camp, 
Camp Upton, N. Y., from January to March, 1918. 

Lieutenant Colonel McCaskey was assigned to the 77th Division, National 
Army, Camp Upton, N. Y., March, 1917, and was overseas from April, 1918, 
to March, 1919. He was promoted to colonel (temporary) August, 1918, and 
later detailed with the Tennessee National Guard as inspector-instructor, 
serving from May, 1919, to the present time. He was discharged as tem- 
porary colonel only, January 27, 1920. 

*McKIBBIN, JAMES M., was called from his home and professional 
duties in June, 1917, and ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to the 
Medical Officers' Training Camp, being later commissioned first lieutenant 
in the Medical Corps. 

On September 12, 1917, he Avas ordered, in company with fifty other 
medical officers, to Camp Upton, N. Y., and was assigned to the 306th Ma- 
chine Gun Battalion, 77th Division, National Army, as the senior medical 
officer. He received his commission as captain Medical Corps, December 15, 
1917, remaining on duty with that organization continuously during the 
period of training in Camp Upton. 

Captain McKibbin sailed for service overseas in x\pril, 1918, landing in 
the British Area in Northern France, early in May, 1918. From this point 
early in June, his battalion, in conjunction with the whole of the 77th Di- 
vision, was ordered to the Baccorat Sector, in the Vosges mountains, to 
relieve the 42nd Division. In August Captain McKibbin was transferred 
from the Machine Gun Battalion to the 305th Field Hospital, and assigned 
there as adjutant of the organization. 

Captain McKibbin remained in this position until the latter part of 
September, when he was transferred to the 308th Infantry, and assigned to 
the 3rd Battalion as the senior medical officer of the unit. 

On the nights of October 13 and 14, the Aire river was crossed and the 
outposts placed on the heights beyond. The battalion headquarters was 
placed in a short series of trenches which had been dug hastily by the enemy 
but a few^ days previously in their effort to hold the valley against an attack 
from the Americans. This placed battalion headquarters, and the first aid 
station, Avhich was under Captain McKibbin's supervision, in close proximity 
to the enemy lines and under direct fire from their machine-gun snipers. At 
daybreak the Boche launched a counter-attack to regain the ground lost 
during the night. At about the noon hour on October 14, a sergeant 
who had charge of a "cha-chaut gun squad" concealed in a clump of 
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direct observation could not be evacuated at once so, without asking aid from 
any of his junior officers, Captain McKibbin mounted over the parapet of 
the trenches, and attempted to crawl to the position where this sergeant 
lay. No sooner had he cleared the top, and lay in almost open view 
of the Boche snipers, than fire from a machine gun passed directly 
through his abdomen, inflicting a mortal wound. At nightfall he was suc- 
cesssfully evacuated through his own aid station, and transported to the rear 
for further treatment. In the rough journey and tedious hours of waiting for 
treatment, he never complained or asked for quicker action on the part of 
the medical officers in charge, though fully conscious, suffering agonizing 
pain, and fully realizing the seriousness of his injury. He was taken to 
Mobile Hospital, No. 4, then stationed about ten miles behind the lines, for 
treatment. He endured his agony unflinchingly and lived another week, at 
which time he fell a victim of peritonitis, and died on October 23, 1918. 

Captain McKibbin was granted a posthumous award of the Distinguished 
Service Cross for his gallant and self-sacrificing conduct, over and above 
the call of duty, towards the wounded sergeant who lay but a few yards 
away, also mortally wounded. A copy of the citation follows : 

"James M. McKibbin, Captain, Medical Corps, 306th Machine Gun Bat- 
talion. For extraordinary heroism in action near Chevieres, France, October 
14, 1918. During a very heavy artillery barrage, which lasted for approxi- 
mately two hours. Captain McKibbin displayed great coolness and courage 
in dressing and administering first aid to the wounded. Informed that a 
sergeant had been wounded and was lying between our lines and enemy's 
line, he went to administer first aid to him. While in the performance of 
these duties under intense fire, he was wounded by machine gun fire and died 
from the effects of the wounds." 

PRICE, HENRY T., on July 15, 1918, was assigned to the base hospital 
at Camp Wadsworth for temporary duty, and was acting chief of the medical 
service. August 22, 1918, he reported to Evacuation Hospital, No. 30, 
mobilizing at Camp Greene, and acted as commanding officer of the unit 
during its organization. 

During the early part of October, 1918, Major Price was placed in 
charge of a camp hospital opened to relieve the congestion at the base hos- 
pital caused by the epidemic of influenza. 

October 21, 1918, Evacuation Hospital, No. 30, left Camp Greene for 
overseas service with Major Price in command, and embarked October 26, 
on the S. S. Lapland, one of a convoy of sixteen vessels. 

After spending some time at various camps, the unit arrived in the 
hospital centre at Mars-sur-Allier, France, where it operated as one of the 
ten active hospital units in this centre. 

On February 18, orders were received to move into Germany as a part 
of the Army of Occupation, and on arrival in Germany the hospital was 
stationed at Mayen, where, as a base hospital, it cared for the troops of the 
3rd Division. On arriving in Germany Major Price was relieved by Colonel 
James F. Hall. 

The unit was ordered to return to the United States, July 14, 1919, and 
Major Price was again placed in command. He was discharged from service 
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1897 

MENNER, ROBERT T., at the beginning of the World War was serving 
as lieutenant commander on board the United States super-dreadnought, 
Oklahoma. He was transferred to U. S. S. Jupiter, as commanding officer, 
and later promoted to commander on U. S. S. Tallahassee, which position he 
held throughout the remainder of the war. 

MOORE, ROY SAXTON, during 1917, served as a civil engineer with 
the United States Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C. 
In July, 1918, he was commissioned a captain of Engineers, United States 
Army, and served with the 3rd Company, Engineer Officers' Training Camp, 
at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Accotink, Va., until November 1, 1918. He was 
then assigned to the 139th Engineers, Camp Shelby, Miss., and, for a short 
time, was commanding officer, Headquarters Detachment, Engineer Troops, 
Camp Shelby, Miss. About January 1, 1919, he was assigned to the 209th 
Engineers, Camp Sheridan, Ala., and was commanding officer, Company F, 
until the regiment was demobilized. 

He was discharged from the service February 5, 1919. 

THOMPSON, WARREN R., served as lieutenant colonel, 109th Engi- 
neers, American Expeditionary Forces. 

1898 

ANDREWS, JAMES H. M., entered the service on July 15, 1917, as 
major, commanding the 1st Battalion, 103rd Engineers, 28th Division (Penn- 
sylvania National Guard), stationed at Camp Hancock, Ga. On December 
16, 1917, he was placed on Detached Service, and ordered to report to the 
commanding general. Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., as assistant 
to the Port Ordnance Officer, and assigned to command the new Raritan 
Ordnance Depot and the Raritan Ordnance Training Camp, Metuchen, N. J. 
On February 6, 1918, Major Andrews was transferred to the Ordnance De- 
partment, and upon the consolidation of all the ordnance activities at 
Metuchen, under the designation of Raritan Arsenal, was assigned as the 
commanding officer, which position he retained until his discharge. 

On October 5, 1918, Major Andrews was promoted to lieutenant colonel, 
Ordnance Department, and was honorably discharged on October 16, 1919. 

HACKETT, ANDREW S., returned February 15, 1919, from civilian 
service with the Alpinos of the Italian armies in the valley of the Iseo and the 
Carnic Alps and Trento, where he went in July, 1918, with the *Y. M. C. A., 
as athletic director. This service was organized under Government auspices 
especially for the Italian sphere of the campaign. The sector assigned to Mr. 
Hackett was about fifty miles. There was no other civilian relief work in 
that section but the Y. M. C. A. 

KEICHLINE, JOHN MAUFAIR, on June 5, 1917, was commissioned 
first lieutenant in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, and on October 1, 1918, 
was ordered to the Medical Officers' Training Camp, Camp Greenleaf, Chicka- 
mauga Park, Ga. On November 9, 1918, Lieutenant Keichline Avas assigned 
to Convalescent Camp No. 16, Hospital Group, and was honorably discharged 
on December 10, 1918. 



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JOHN M KKICHI.INIO 




JAMES H. M. ANDREWS 



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H. H. HANSON 




AXriKEW S. HATKETT 




PACT. S. McMICHAEL 





THOMAS JEXKIXS 



GEOHGE J. TDNDT 



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1899 

McMICHAEL, PAUL STANLEY, entered the employment of the Gov- 
ernment in the Control Section, Gun Division, Ordnance Department, May 
9, 1917, in a civilian capacity. He was commissioned as captain, Ordnance 
Reserve Corps, July 19, 1917, and was ordered to active duty as captain, 
Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps, September 28, 1917. 

Captain McMichael served successively in various branches and sections 
of the Ordnance Department. He was commissioned major, United States 
Army, October 31, 1918. 

WOOD, HARRY P., early in the spring of 1917 enlisted in the Engi- 
neers' Reserve Corps, receiving the commission of captain. He was assigned 
to duty at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., as an instructor in the Aviation 
School. 

Later Captain Wood went overseas with the 302nd Engineers. 

YUNDT, GEORGE JACOB, at the beginning of the war, was given 
leave of absence from the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 
Atlanta, Ga., to enlist in military service. On May 3, 1917, he was com- 
missioned with the rank of major in the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps. In 
this capacity he organized the 9th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Reserve 
Corps, from the employees of the southern group of Bell Telephone Com- 
panies. This battalion was later called into active service and assigned as 
the 402nd Telegraph Battalion, National Army, and went into training at 
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, but Major Yundt was retained in this 
civilian capacity as chief engineer of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- 
graph Company, and the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company. 

We wish to quote the following letter from Major General George O. 
Sqiiier, Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, as follows : 

My Dear Major Yundt: 

On May 14th, 1917, you accepted your commission as a major in the 
Signal Officers' Reserve Corps and it was intended that you should command 
the 9th Signal Telegraph Battalion, when that organization was called to 
active service. 

Shortly after the United States severed its relations with the German 
Empire the importance of maintaining communications in this country be- 
came a matter of vital moment, and it was at once realized that the success- 
ful prosecution of the war would depend in a large degree upon maintaining 
the lines of communication at home at a maximum of efficiency. 

Your personal desire for active service was well known and it was only 
after mature deliberation that it was decided not to call you to active duty, 
for the reason that it was of greater military importance to the country to 
maintain you in your position as chief engineer of the Southern Bell and 
Cumberland Telephone companies. 

The services rendered by you in organizing the 402d Signal Telegraph 
Battalion were of inestimable value. The officers of this battalion possessed 
a superior order of intelligence, ability and personality, which enabled them 



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to make a proper selection and train its enlisted personnel in a minimum of 
time, and the benefits thus derived were due to the rare judgment exercised 
In- 3'ou in the selection of those officers. 

Very sincerely yours, 

(Signed) GEORGE O. SQUIER, 

Major General, 
Chief Signal Officer of the Army. 

1900 

LIGHTNER, JAMES N., was an unusually well trained soldier at the 
beginning of the United States' participation in the recent war, having served 
for fifteen successive years in the Pennsylvania National Guard. 

Captain Lightner entered the World War July 15, 1917, and on August 
12, 1917, commanded Company B, 149th Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Di- 
vision. On January 4, 1918, he was transferred to Company D, 151st Machine 
Gun Battalion, 42nd Division. 

In October, 1917, Captain Lightner was ordered overseas, and was in 
the Luneville and Baccarat Trench Sector, France, from February 21 to June 
18, 1918, being gassed May, 1918. He trained recruits for replacement of 
Machine Gun Companies from July 1 to August 28, 1918. He was captain 
of the 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Division, from September 1 to 
September 30, 1918. Captain Lightner participated in the battles of St. 
Mihiel and St. Benoit, Essey and Pannes Trench Sectors. 

Captain Lightner was later transferred to the Judge Advocate General's 
Department, and assigned to Requisitions, Renting and Claims Section Oc- 
tober 1, 1918, to January 8, 1919. He returned to the United States on 
Hospital Ship Henderson, February 22, 1919, and was discharged from hos- 
pital and service with disability on May 6, 1919. 

SHEARER, WAYNE LEINBACH, enlisted August 29, 1918, and was 
commissioned first lieutenant, ^Medical Corps, United States Army, October 
10, 1918. He was stationed at Base Hospital, Camp Aleade, Md., and was 
discharged from service May 13, 1919. 



1901 

BASSLER, CHARLES H., enlisted in the United States Signal Reserve 
Corps, and went overseas with the 407th Telephone Battalion, arriving in 
France on xVugust 7, 1917. He was commissioned captain, May 2, 1918, and 
returned to the United States August 12, 1919. 

FORSTER, I. G. GORDON, entered the Second Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 21, 1917, and was sworn into service August 
25, 1917. He was commissioned captain, November 26, 1917, and assigned 
to the 46th Lifantry, Camp Taylor, Ky. He reported for duty December 14, 
1917. The 46th Infantry moved to Camp Gordon, Ga., April 15, 1918, and 
was transferred to Camp Sheridan, Ala., May 28, 1918. At Camp Sheridan 
the 9th Division was formed. Captain Forster was commissioned major of 
infantry, September 20, 1918, and assigned to the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry. 
He was ordered to port of embarkation as part of the 9th Division, School 
Detachment, and reported at Camp Mills. L. I., October 30, 1918. The 9th 
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dered back to Camp Sheridan, Ala., about November 21, 1918. The Head- 
quarters of the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, was transferred to New Orleans, 
La., on December 4, 1918. 

Major Forster received orders to report to Camp Sheridan, Ala., for 
discharge, February 3, 1919, and he received his honorable discharge on 
February 6, 1919. 

1902 

DAVISON, RALPH CLINTON, on May 13, 1918, was selected for 
service as electrician with an erecting unit. Quartermaster's Department, for 
service in the construction of Refrigerating Plant, No. 1, Bordeaux, France. 

This unit embarked from Hoboken, N. J., June 10, 1918, arriving at 
Bordeaux, France, June 21. It reached Bassens, near Bordeaux, June 24. 

Mr. Davison was engaged in work overseas for six months. 

HANSON, HERMAN H., at the outbreak of the war was located at 
Orono, Ma., as chemist in the Agricultural Experiment Station. In Orono he 
was chairman of the Home Guard Committee, member of the Second Liberty 
Loan Committe, first Red Cross War Fund Committee, and the Fuel Com- 
mittee. On December 27 , 1917, Mr. Hanson went to Washington, D. C, for 
the United States Food Administration, and was in charge of the Checking 
Section of the License Division. On September 21, 1918, he was commis- 
sioned captain in Food Division, Sanitary Corps, United States Army. 

From October 17, 1918, to December 6, 1918, Captain Hanson was sta- 
tioned at Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, Ga., with Company 44, Bat- 
talion 11. From December 9, to May 20, 1919, he was stationed at Camp Lee, 
Va., as Nutrition Officer. 

Captain Hanson received his discharge May 20, 1919. 

JENKINS, THOMAS, entered the service August 25, 1917, as a first 
lieutenant in the Engineer Section of the Officers' Reserve Corps. He re- 
ported for active duty on September 5, 1917, at the Engineer Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, at American University, Washington, D. C, where he remained on 
duty until December 10, 1917. He was then ordered to Camp Lee, Va., for 
temporary duty, and remained there until December 23, 1917. On that date 
orders were received to proceed to the port of embarkation, at Hoboken, N. J., 
for transportation to France. He sailed January 7, 1918, and after two days 
in England crossed from Southampton to Le Havre, on January 19, 1918. 

About January 30, 1918, Lieutenant Jenkins was assigned to the Engineer 
Depot Section and ordered to duty at the Advance Engineer Depot at Is-sur- 
Tille. About July 15, 1918, he was transferred to the Base Depot at St. Sul- 
pice, near Bordeaux, which was then in course of construction. 

On August 3, 1918, Lieutenant Jenkins was promoted to the rank of 
captain, and assigned to the 34th Regiment Engineers, but was never on 
active service with that organization. 

In September, 1918, favorable action having been taken upon an applica- 
tion to be sent to one of the Corps Schools, Captain Jenkins spent the month of 
October, 1918, at the 3rd Corps Engineers' School at Chatillon-sur-Seine. 
After leaving the 3rd Corps School, Captain Jenkins was assigned to duty 
at Headquarters, 1st Army, at which station he reported November 17, 1918, 
and was ordered to duty with the Corps of Engineers, 5th Army Corps. Here 
he remained on duty until December 3, 1918, when he was assigned to the 
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B. D. CAMPBELL 




PETER HOFFBR DAL 




H. L. STREETER 




JOHN A. DBVINE 





IRVIN P. THOMPSON 




CHARLES P. AMES 



EARLE B. NORHIS 



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On December 5, 1918, Captain Jenkins reported to the 305th Regiment 
Engineers, at Fulvy. With this organization he served on special duty and 
as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, until the return of the regiment from 
overseas, June 3, 1918, and its disbandment at Camp Dix, N. J. On July 8 
1918, he was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, as captain, Ene-i- 
neers, United States Army. 

SIEGFRIED, CYRUS R., entered the Second Officers' Training Camp 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 25, 1917, and was commissioned i^rst lieutenant 
infantry, November 27, 1917. He became attached to the 77th Division In- 
fantry, at Camp Upton, N. Y., December 15, 1917, Company D, 308th Infan- 

iri^'o u^"'^*'- ^^' ^^^^' """"^ ^^^"^ ^^P°t Brigade, Camp Upton, March 20, 
1918. Here Lieutenant Siegfried was placed on special duty with the outo-oino- 
casual detachment. He was assigned to Company D, Development Battalioii' 
No. 3, Camp Upton, June 17, 1918, and was discharged from the army De- 
cember 21, 1918. 

1903 

CAMPBELL, EDMUND D., was commissioned captain, Eno-ineer Of- 
ficers' Reserve Corps, March 21, 1917, and was ordered to report for active 
duty at Fort Riley, Kan., May 8, 1917. He was assigned senior captain, 6th 
Company, Engineers, First Training Camp, Fort Riley, and with the company 
was transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., July, 1917. 

Captain Campbell was ordered to report to Chief of Ordnance, Wash- 
ington, D. C, August 3, 1917; was recommissioned captain. Ordnance Officers' 
Reserve Corps, October 31, 1917, and was assigned to duty in Railway and 
Seacoast Carriage Section, Engineering Division, Ordnance Department. 

On May 8, 1918, Captain Campbell was commissioned major. Ordnance 
Department, and was discharged on June 2, 1919. 

Major Campbell was commissioned lieutenant colonel, Officers' Reserve 
Corps, Ordnance Section, December, 1919. 

DALE, PETER HOFFER, was commissioned captain, Medical Reserve 
Corps, July 10, 1917. He was ordered to Medical Officers' Training Camp 
Camp Greenleaf, Ga., August 9, 1917. On November 1, 1917, he was ordered 
to Remount Depot, No. 319, Louisville, Ky., for duty. On November 16 1917 
he was transferred to the 327th Field Artillery, 84th Division, Camp Zachary 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He remained with this regiment at Camp Taylor 
until April 1, 1918, when it sent to West Point, Ky., to establish a field 
artillery range. In August, 1918, the 327th Field Artillery was ordered to 
Camp Mills, N. Y., for embarkation, and sailed September 9, 1918 landing 
in Liverpool, England, September 21, 1918. From Liverpool the 327th Regi- 
ment went by rail through England to a rest camp near Winchester, wh«-e 
It remained for about one week before embarking at Southampton for Le 
Havre. After two days' stay in another rest camp the regiment pro- 
ceeded by rail to Camp de Souge, near Bourdeaux. Here the regiment went 
into training on a field artillery range and remained there until the armistice 
was signed. 

Captain Dale was then ordered to Neuf Chateau, France, where he was 
assigned to Camp Hospital, No. 48, at Recey-sur-Ource, France. This hos- 
pital functioned for the 6th Division. Captain Dale was assigned chief of 
the medical stafif of the hospital. After the 6th Division moved out of this 
area in May, 1919, Camp Hospital, No. 48, started for home, and after going 



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through the various camps, embarked at Brest, June 21, and landed m 
Brooklyn, N. Y., June 30, 1919. 

Captain Dale was discharged from the Army, July 3, 1919. 

STREETER, ROBERT L., received the commission of captain. Ord- 
nance Reserve Corps, May 14, 1917, and was ordered to active duty June 12, 
1917. He reported to Rock Island Arsenal, June 20, 1917, and had charge of 
motor truck and tractor experimental work for the Ordnance Department, 
and of the trucks in the Rock Island transportation system. 

Captain Streeter was promoted to the rank of major February 1, 1918, 
and in September, 1918, was appointed chief engineer of the arsenal. Early 
in February, 1919, he was appointed general manager of the arsenal, and 
in A/Iay, 1919, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Ordnance 
Department. He was discharged from the service on October 1, 1919. 

1904 

ARMSBY, CHARLES LEWIS, while taking special work at the Georgia 
Institute of Technology, was inducted into the service, and served in the 
Students' Army Training Corps as sergeant. 

DEVINE, JOHN J. A., served in the 2nd Battery, Field Artillery, 6th 
Provisional Training Regiment, Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga., from August 23, to November 7, 1917. 

He was honorably discharged November 7, 1917. 

KITTREDGE, HARRY C, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Training 
Corps and was assigned to Company 5, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

NORRIS, EARLE B., was commissioned captain in the Ordnance Re- 
serve Corps, September 19, 1917, assigned to duty in the Field Artillery Sec- 
tion, Carriage Division, Ordnance Office, and stationed at Washington, D. C. 
He was ordered to France in December, 1917, and placed in charge of the 
Heavy Howitzer Unit, Heavy Artillery Division, Office of the Chief Ordnance 
Officer, located first at Chaumont and later at Tours. The work consisted in 
organizing and conducting the technical service on equipment and mainte- 
nance of the heavy howitzers (8-inch, 9.2-inch, and 240-mm. howitzers). 

Captain Norris served with the 4th British Army in the Ypres salient on 
observation work February, 1918. He was promoted to major. Ordnance 
Department, Avhile in France, and was cited by General Pershing for emi- 
nently meritorious and conspicuous services. 

Major Norris returned to the United States in April, 1919. After a short 
period of service in Washington, he was assigned to duty as chief engineer, 
Rock Island Arsenal. He secured his discharge September 17, 1919. 

RAY, HORATIO C, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps 
in June, 1917, and went into active service as captain on September 2, 1917. 
He attended the Second Engineers' Training Camp, American University, 
Washington, D. C. He was then attached for one month to the 102nd Engi- 
neers, Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and later transferred to Camp Gordon, 
Atlanta, Ga., where he assisted in training and equipping the 17th Engineer 
Reinforcing Detachment. When this detachment was sent overseas, Captain 
Ray was assigned to Company A, 514th Engineers, and went overseas with 
them in April, 1918. He returned to the United States, July, 1919, and was 
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Captain Ray, while overseas, was in charge of base hospital construction, 
oil and gas station construction, and after the armistice, was in engineering 
maintenance work in the advance section. He was later engaged in quarry 
work at Brest, and taught metallurgy in the University of the American 
Expeditionary Forces, Beaune, France. 

RIDDLE, WILLIAM C, from October, 1917, to June, 1919, served as 
captain, Sanitary Corps, United States Army. From October 22, 1917, to 
March 3, 1918, he was on duty as Division Sanitary Engineer, 81st Division, 
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. From March 6, 1918, to June 20, 1919, 
Captain Riddle was on duty as sanitary inspector, Mitchel Field, L. I. From 
March, 1918, to August, 1918, he was also police officer, and was in responsible ' 
daily charge of from 100 to 500 men. From November, 1918, to June, 1919, 
he was camp sanitary engineer. 

STRICKLER, FRED WINEMAN, received a captain's commission in 
the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, June, 1917. He was held on the reserve 
list and never called into active service because of being engaged in railroad 
construction. 

THOMPSON, IRVIN P., was commissioned captain in the Ordnance 
Reserve Corps, February 6, 1918. He was ordered to report for duty at Wash- 
ington, D. C., where he was assigned to organization work and the estab- 
lishment of procedure and forms required for carrying on the routine busi- 
ness of the Ordnance Department. He continued to serve in this capacity 
until honorably discharged February 28, 1919. 

1905 

AMES, CHARLES P., was on board the Hamburg-South American 
Steamship, Presidente Quintana, off the coast of Patagonia, when war was 
declared. He returned to the United States as soon as business afifairs in 
Argentina could be settled. He was commissioned first lieutenant, Ordnance 
Reserve Corps, on January 8, 1918. Lieutenant Ames was later in training at 
the Motor Section, Instruction Schools, Peoria, 111., Kenosha, Wis., and 
Rock Island, 111. 

On June 1, 1918, Lieutenant Ames was detailed as commanding officer. 
Enlisted Ordnance Company, attached to the 112th Ammunition Train, 37th 
Division, and sailed for France June 28, 1918. 

Lieutenant Ames served through the war with the 62nd Field Artillery 
Brigade. On February 5, 1919, he was transferred to the 5th Field Artillery, 
1st Division, Army of Occupation, Germany. He returned to the United 
States April 8, 1919, and was discharged from military service October 31, 
1919. 

ARMSBY, ERNEST HARDING, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' 
Reserve Corps and sent into training at Camp American Uni^'ersity, Wash- 
ington, D. C. After receiving the commission of captain he was transferred 
to Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., and assigned to the 32nd Engineers. 

In France Captain Armsby was detailed to act as "pilot" for General 
Pershing on one of his inspection trips to the Bordeaux section. Captain 
Armsby revicAved about 100,000 men at dififerent places, inspected hospitals, 
docks, ice plants, hospital ships and Red Cross trains, storage depots, etc., 
and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. 

Captain Armsby was given the privilege of attending the University of 
Bristol, England. 



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MYRON CREESE 




CHARLES F. DEVINB 




IIARI.ES L. ESHELMAN 




JAMES L. JUNK 





JOSEPH W. SHADLE 




GBANVILLE E. WEBSTER 



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CREESE, MYRON, was commissioned first lieutenant, August 13, 1918, 
and was appointed instructor in the Signal Corps Radio School, College Park, 
Md. He was transferred, September 13, 1918, to Yale University as an 
instructor in the radio school for Signal Officers. 

Lieutenant Creese was discharged December 16, 1918, and returned to 
position of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Maryland State 
College, College Park, Md., January 1, 1919. 

DEVINE, CHARLES FRANCIS, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Re- 
serve Corps, and served as first lieutenant from August 25, 1917, until the 
end of the war. He went into training at Camp American University, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and was later transferred to the 20th Engineers, and then to 
the 32nd Engineers, at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. He went overseas with 
the 32nd Engineers, and served with them until they were returned to the 
United States during the summer of 1919. He received a commission as 
captain in the Engineers Reserve Corps. 

ESHLEMAN, CHARLES LEAS, began his training for military service 
at the" Pennsylvania State Training Camp, East Campus, during the summer 
of 1918. Immediately following the close of this camp, he was granted a 
commission as Captain Heavy Artillery Section, Ordnance Department, and 
was stationed at Washington, D. C. His principal service was in connection 
with the purchase, production and testing of railway mount artillery from 
8-inch to 16-inch calibers. 

Before entering active service. Captain Eshleman was chairman of the 
War Industries Commission in the Canton, Ohio, district, in which nearly all 
the railway mount guns for overseas service were produced. 

GARBER, HENRY REA, volunteered for the Aviation Section, Signal 
Corps, in November, 1917, but was rejected on account of a slight defect 
in vision. 

He attended the National Training Camp at The Pennsylvania State 
College during July and August, 1918. In September he volunteered for 
service in the Field Artillery and was ordered to Field Artillery Central 
Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., as a candidate for 
commission, October 24, 1918. He was mustered out December 2, 1918. 

HORNBAKER, JOHN E., served with the American Army in France. 

JUNK, JAMES LESTER, was called into the service July 12, 1917, and 
assigned as first lieutenant to duty in New York examining recruits, 
until July 29th, when he was transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison in the 
Medical Officers' Training Camp. Lieutenant Junk was in training until 
November 6th, when he was assigned as post surgeon at Aberdeen Proving 
Grounds, Md. His service was spent at this station with the exception of 
ten days at Fort McHenry, Md., General Hospital No. 2 and twice to New 
York for temporary duty. Lieutenant Junk was promoted to captain on 
February 4, 1918. 

KURTZ, JOHN H., served as captain in the Signal Corps, at Eastern 
Department Headquarters, New York City. 

OVER, STUART, B., received commission as first lieutenant, Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, July 10, 1917. He was called into active service 
September 2, 1917, and began his training at Camp American University, 



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Washington, D. C. On December 17, 1917, he was transferred to the 301st 
Engineers, 76th Division, Camp Devens, Ayers, Mass., where he served until 
January 15, 1918, at which time he was ordered overseas as a casual officer. 
He sailed January 29, 1918, arriving in France February 7, via England. He 
served during February, March and April under the D. G. T., in the District 
Office at Bordeaux. In the latter part of April he was transferred to the 
Department of Construction and Forestry, and stationed in the office of 
Colonel George H. Webb, Section Engineer, Intermediate Section, at Nevers, 
as engineer officer. 

In August, 1918, he was ordered back to the United States along with a 
large number of others to officer new sapper regiments being formed. He 
landed in this country September 7, and was stationed in Camp Humphreys, 
Va., with the 4th Engineer Training Regiment until October 16, 1918, when 
he was transferred to the 97th Engineers, at Camp Leach, D. C., where he 
served until discharged on November 30, 1919. He was promoted to captain. 
Engineer Corps, July 30, 1918. 

SHADLE, JOSEPH WARREN, was first lieutenant, Company C, 333rd 
Labor Battalion, at Chatel Gerard, France, with the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 

SMITH, CLAUD W., after years of service with the First Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, transferred at Camp Hancock, to the UOth Infantry, Company B, in 
which command he served throughout the World War. 

SMITH, CHARLES RUSSELL, enlisted as a private in Company B, 
116th Engineers, and was stationed at Mineola, Long Island, N. Y. 

WEBSTER, GRANVILLE E., received the commission of first lieu- 
tenant, Ordnance Reserve Corps, and was appointed inspector of Ordnance 
with the DuPont Powder Co., Carney's Point, N. J. He was later stationed 
in Philadelphia. 

1906 

=^=CHRISMAN, JOSEPH CORBIN, received his commission as first 
lieutenant, Signal Corps, United States Reserve, May 18, 1917, and was 
assigned to the 407th Telegraph Battalion, National Army. This Battalion 
was made up almost entirely of the employees of the New York Telephone 
Company, with which Lieutenant Chrisman was connected as engineering 
assistant. He acted as battalion supply officer until his battalion was fully 
equipped and ordered to Camp Vail, N. J., June 18, 1917. His battalion 
sailed for France in August, 1917, Lieutenant Chrisman still acting as supply 
officer, and in this capacity on arriving in France, was in charge of important 
truck trains in the war area. 

Commission of Captain was received in September, 1918. As there were 
no vacancies in the 407th Battalion, Captain Chrisman was assigned to com- 
mand Company E, 409th Telegraph Battalion, which was then being organ- 
ized. He was later transferred back to Company D, 407th Battalion, to fill 
a vacancy there. 

This battalion was then stationed at Neufchateau, building new and re- 
building old lines of communication back from headquarters of the First 
and Second American armies to the permanent lines radiating from General 
Headquarters at Chaumont. There was continual bad weather, and the sign- 
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Third Army on its march into Germany. The strain began to tell on both 
men and officers, and they became more susceptible to sickness. They reached 
Luxemburg early in December, and Captain Chrisman was sent to the hos- 
pital, ill with influenza, in a few days developing into pneumonia, from which 
he died December 11, 1918, at the field hospital of the 356th Infantry, Echter- 
nach, Luxemburg, Germany. He was buried in the military section of the 
city cemetery at Echternach. 

Lieutenant Colonel Shearer says: "Captain Chrisman's death was a per- 
sonal loss to every man in the battalion. Not only was he an unusually able 
officer, but also he combined with this the attractive characteristics that 
make for lasting friendship. Hard working, uncomplaining and effective as 
an officer ; faithful and true as a friend." 

GLENN, GROVER CLEVELAND, was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Medical Corps, with orders to report at Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, 
Ga., September 1, 1918, where he was assigned to Company I, Battalion 1, 
and detailed to take instruction in military roentgenology at the Army School, 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

On December 20, 1918, Lieutenant Glenn was ordered to United States 
Army Base Hospital, Camp Grant, 111. Here he was assigned to the X-Ray 
department of the hospital, where he served until discharged, January 24, 1919. 

GOTWALS, JOHN C, went to France August 6, 1917, with the First 
Engineers as a captain. Corps of Engineers. He was commissioned major of 
engineers, temporary, August 5, 1917, and lieutenant colonel. Corps of Engi- 
neers, temporary, August 8, 1918. 

He was in charge of searchlights, American Expeditionary Forces, and 
organized, trained, equipped and commanded the 56th Engineers (search- 
light). This regiment of ten companies had units in all the major actions in 
1918. 

Lieutenant Colonel Gotwals returned from France November 25, 1919. 

GRONINGER, HOMER McLAUGHLIN, after graduating from the 
U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., in 1918, was assigned as sec- 
ond lieutenant to the U. S. Regular Cavalry. After service at various points 
in the country, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in 1917, to captain. 
He was sent to the camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., as instructor. During the year 
1918-1919 Captain Groninger was promoted to major and then to lieutenant 
colonel. While in France Lieutenant Colonel Groninger served as machine- 
gun officer of the 2nd Division, and then as division machine-gun officer of 
the 3rd Division. Later he was a general staff officer. After returning to the 
United States in 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Groninger was assigned to the 
U. S. Army General Staff", Washington, D. C. 

KILLMER, MILES I., entered the First Officers' Training Camp at 
Plattsburg, N. Y., May 14, 1917, and was commissioned first lieutenant of 
engineers, June 23, 1917. He was assigned to the 23rd Engineers at Camp 
Meade, Md., September 4, 1917, and was transferred to the 28th Engineers, 
November 9, being appointed supply officer of the 1st Battalion. He sailed 
for France on February 7, 1918. 

Lieutenant Killmer was promoted to captain of engineers, October 26, 
1918. He returned to America July 6, 1919, and was discharged from the 
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KLINE, BENJAMIN W., was commissioned captain in the Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, June 13, 1917. He was assigned to the command of 
Company E, 9th Enginers, June 29, 1917, and had command of the company 
during the entire month of June, while it was being formed and trained, 
before being actually assigned to it. He sailed for France, August 9, 1917. 
On June 6, 1918, he was assigned to command the 4th Battalion, 19th Engi- 
neers. 

Captain Kline was commissioned major. Transportation Corps, February 
14, 1919. He was one of two officers with 4,300 troops recommended by 
the regimental commander for the Distinguished Medal, and received the 
citation from the Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. 
Major Kline returned to the United States September 1, 1919, and was dis- 
charged October 6, 1919. 

Major Kline saw foreign service in the cavalry during the Spanish-Ameri- 
can war. He served in the Army of Occupation, Porto Rica, 1898, and one 
enlistment in the cavalry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He was with 
the cavalry on the Mexican Border in 1916. 

LEITZELL, WILBUR FOREST, assisted Major Theodore D. Boal in 
the organization of the first machine gun troop in the United States, May 
22, 1916, at Boalsburg, Pa. It was known as the Boal Machine Gun Troop. 

Mr. Leitzell was mustered into the Federal Service as second lieutenant. 
Machine Gun Troop, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, August 15, 1916. He served 
on the Mexican Border from September 23, 1916, to January 22, 1917, was 
promoted to first lieutenant. May 14, 1917. On July 22, 1917, Lieutenant 
Leitzell was promoted to captain, and assigned to command Machine Gun 
Troop, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. 

Captain Leitzell was transferred to Camp Hancock and assigned to com- 
mand Company A, 107th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th Division. He sailed 
for France April 30, 1918, with the advance detail from the 28th Division, 
and graduated later from the Army Automatic Weapon School, Longres, 
France. 

In command of Company A, 107th Machine Gun Battalion, Captain 
Leitzell was engaged in the following battles : Champagne-Marne, Aisne- 
Marne, Oise-Aisne, and the Meuse-Argonne. He was attached to the 32nd 
Division during its drive to the Vesle river, and acted as machine gun 
instructor at the 28th Division School. He was wounded October 1, 1918, in 
the Argonne Offensive, and on that day was cited for bravery by Major 
General Charles H. Muir at Apermont, France. He was promoted to major, 
107th Machine Gun Battalion, March 6, 1919. 

Major Leitzell sailed for the United States May 5, 1919. A few days 
after landing. May 21, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. He later 
became Divisional Machine Gun Oiificer, 28th Division, Pennsylvania Na- 
tional Guard with rank of lieutenant colonel. 

McGEE, GEORGE J. R., enlisted in the Engineers' Reserve Corps, and 
was assigned to Company A, 23rd Engineers, with which regiment he went 
to France. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant while overseas. 

READY, MYRL EUGENE, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Reserve 
Corps and was commissioned first lieutenant. He went into training at the 
Engineers' Training Camp at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, September 
12, 1917. He was transferred to the 304th Engineers, Camp Meade, Md., 
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Engineers. On February 2, he left Camp Meade en route to Camp Merritt, 
N. J. He sailed February 10, 1918, on the S. S. Finland and arrived at St. 
Nazaire, February 24. March 17, Lieutenant Ready, in command of eighty- 
five men, left for Bazoilles. Lieutenant Ready began rock quarrying opera- 
tions for the roads in the Base Hospital Camp located at this point, and later 
was transferred to Boucq, located in the Toul Sector. 

On July 9, 1918, the camp at Boucq was moved to Baines les Baines. This 
was the only hard rock quarry operated b}^ the American Army in France. 

Lieutenant Ready was called to Battalion Headquarters at Sorcy Gare, 
October 9, and made quarry officer and gas officer. From November 2 to 9, 
1918, he attended the Officers' Gas School at Hanlon Field, near Chaumont. 

On April 1, 1919, Lieutenant Ready was made adjutant, 1st Battalion, 
28th Engineers, and twenty-four days later, was made adjutant of District E, 
and camp adjutant at Poincon les Larrey. 

Lieutenant Ready sailed for the United States on board the transport 
Mongolia, with the 1st Battalion, 28th Division, June 25 and landed at Boston, 
Mass., July 6, and went from there to Camp Devens where he was relieved of 
his duties with the 28th Engineers. He was ordered to report at Washington, 
D. C, July 10, and received his discharge, July 16, 1919. 

SPICER, JOHN S., was commissioned captain. Ordnance Officers' Re- 
serve Corps, on July 26, 1917, and reported for active duty September 3, 1917, 
at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia. In March, 1918, Captain Spicer was 
relieved from duty at Frankford Arsenal and ordered overseas. From May 
to August, 1918, Captain Spicer was stationed in Paris as assistant to the 
Chief of the Labor Bureau of the General Purchasing Agent, and from Sep- 
tember to December was Adjutant, Army Service Corps, located in Tours. 
He was promoted to major. Army Service Corps, on October 26, 1918. 
Several weeks after the armistice, he returned to the United States, and was 
discharged January 25, 1919. He was recommissioned as Major, Ordnanc* 
Section. Officers' Reserve Corps, May, 1919. 

1907 

CORBETT, JAMES OTTLEY, entered the service as a first lieutenant 
in the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, and was assigned to Company D, 
5th Reserve Regiment of Engineers. This regiment was sent overseas, July 
9, 1917, as the 15th United States Engineers, Lieutenant Corbett being later 
assigned to Company B, same regiment, which company served through 
August and September, 1917, with the First Division. Later this com- 
pany, and finally, all the 15th Engineers, were engaged in construction of a 
large ammunition storage depot near Chaumont, American Expeditionary 
Forces General Headquarters, during which time Lieutenant Corbett was 
transferred to Company C. While engaged in building light railways back of 
Toul, he was transferred from this regiment into combat engineers, promoted 
to captain, July 30, 1918, and sent to the United States, August 20, 1918, to 
bring over "the troops with a division then forming. While awaiting these 
troops. Captain Corbett was regimental adjutant of the 4th Engineer Train 
Regiment at Camp Humphreys, Va., from which station he was discharged 
following the signing of the armistice, December 20, 1918. 

GUNKLE, ROBINSON KENNEDY, enlisted at Victoria, B. C, on 
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JOHN S. SPIOBB 




MAUP.ICE B. HECK 




CECIL D. HOWARD 





WILMER 0. POWIOK 




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overseas, February 6, 1917. He returned to Canada on June 17, 1919, and 
was discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Force, on demobilization, 
June 18, 1919, at Toronto, Ontario. 

HECK, MAURICE EBY, enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps, Aug- 
ust, 1914, at Fort Screven, Ga. He entered active service May 31, 1917, up- 
on receiving orders to proceed to the Canal Zone. He served until July 4, 
1917, as surgical assistant health officer and from August 29, 1917, to April 
30, 1918, as health officer, City of Panama. He was promoted to the rank 
of captain. Medical Corps, December 26, 1917. 

Captain Heck was assigned as assistant camp surgeon. Camp Gaillard, 
Culebra, Canal Zone, from May 1, to September 1, 1918, and camp surgeon, 
from September 1 to October 16, 1918. He was recommended for promotion 
to the rank of major, August 4, 1918, but promotion was never received. 

From October 28, 1918, to March 18, 1919, Captain Heck served as camp 
epidemiologist and member of Physical Examining Board at Camp Sheridan, 
Montgomery, Ala., and from March 19 to July 2, 1919, as camp epidemiologist 
at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. 

He was on duty at Camp Grant from July 30 to September 5, 1919, first 
as medical officer, tuberculosis wards, and later as surgeon of recruiting 
party. He sustained a fracture of the left forearm in an accident on recruiting 
detail, August 19, 1919, when the ambulance overturned. He was in the 
hospital as a patient at Camp Grant from August 19 to September 5, 1919. 
He was ordered to Camp Gordon, Ga., and was on duty there from September 
7 to October 21, 1919, when he received his discharge. 

HOWARD, CECIL D., was commissioned first lieutenant, Engineers 
Corps, September 12, 1918. From September 27, 1918, to January 18, 1919, 
he was stationed at Peru, Ind., in charge of inspection and production of 
narrow-gauge gasoline locomotive motors. From January 18 to April 24, 
1919, Captain Howard was on duty at the office of the Director General of 
Military Railways, Washington, D. C, and was discharged from the service 
April 24, 1919. 

McDowell, JOHN M., after completing the freshmen and sophomore 
years at Penn State, graduated from the United States Military Academy 
at West Point, and entered the United States Regular Army as lieutenant. 
He was later promoted to the rank of major. 

McGARVEY, albert G., enlisted in the Motor Transport Corps, 
October 10, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Motor Transport 
Reserve Corps. He was stationed at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 

Lieutenant McGarvey was honorably discharged December 23, 1918. 

METZ, HERBERT HALLMAN, was commissioned first lieutenant 
Engineer Reserves, August 8, 1918. He was ordered to Camp A. A. Humph- 
reys, for assignment as student, August 17, 1918, and assigned to Company 3, 
E. O. T. S., for training. 

On November 9, 1918, Lieutenant Metz was relieved from assignment as 
student and assigned to the November Automatic Replacement Draft 
(Sappers), and was later ordered to proceed to Port of Embarkation, Ho- 
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November 12, 1918, and he was ordered to report to the 10th Engmeers' 
Training Reserve for duty. 

Lieutenant Metz on November 18, 1918, was relieved from attachment 
to the 10th E. T. R., and attached for duty to the 4th E. T. R. He was 
relieved, December 17, 1918, from duty with Company A, 4th E. T. R., and 
appointed assistant unit discharge officer. On December 27, 1918, he was 
honorably discharged from duty. 

OLMSTED, BERTRAM HENRY, enlisted in the Medical Corps, Na- 
tional Army, from Calumet, Mich., August, 1917, with rank of first lieu- 
tenant. He served at Medical Officers' Training Camp, Fort Benjamin 
Harrison, Ind., and at the base hospital, Camp Sherman, Ohio. He went 
overseas as adjutant of base hospital, No. 25, and served in France for one 
year, three months of the time with Base Hospital, No. 25, the remainder as 
commanding officer of Base Hospital, No. 84, and later at Base Hospital, No. 
95, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. He was discharged as lieutenant colonel, 
MedicafCorps, October 26, 1919. 

POTTEIGER, CLARENCE R., entered in the First Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, as a member of the 2nd Battery, 
Field Artillery. He served there for three months and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Quartermasters' Corps, August 15, 1917, and assigned to 
Camp Meade, Md. He was attached to the 304th Ammunition Train, 79th 
Division, for one month, and then assigned to Camp Utilities, Construction 
Division, as officer in charge of water filtration, pumping stations, and sewage 
disposal. He was commissioned first lieutenant on January 31, 1918, and 
made officer in charge of water filtration, pumping stations, plumbing, and 
stoves. 

Lieutenant Potteiger was promoted to captain. Construction Division, 
Q. M. C, May 29, 1919, and was retained in service until October 31, 1919, 
as captain, Construction Division, and assigned officer in charge of all utilities 
operations. Camp Meade, Md. 

POWICK, WILMER C, was commissioned first lieutenant, Sanitary 
Corps, September 11, 1917. He sailed for overseas, aboard the S. S. Cedric, 
October 3, 1917, stopping at Halifax, and arriving at Liverpool, October 17, 
1917. He reached Paris via Southampton and Le Havre, and was assigned 
to duty with Chief Water Supply Officer, General Headquarters, Chaumont. 

Lieutenant Powick reported for duty at Chaumont, October 28, 1917. 
He was relieved from duty March 8, 1918, and on that date reported to com- 
manding officer of the water supply laboratories at Paris. He was assigned 
to work unofficially as representative of the Interministerial Research Com- 
mission with Professor Lapicque at Le Laboratorie du Physiologie du Mus- 
eum National d'Historie Naturelle. Lieutenant Powick was engaged, for 
a period of fifty-one weeks, on the study of the possibility of substituting sea- 
weeds for oats in the rations of horses. The investigation was partially suc- 
cessful and an article was prepared in the French language, embodying the 
results of Lieutenant Powick's part of this work. 

On February 17, 1919, Lieutenant Powick was commissioned captain. 
Sanitary Corps, and on March 1, 1919, he was relieved from duty in Paris and 
assigned to detached service at Rennes as a student at the University of 
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On July 10, 1919, he reported at Brest for embarkation, sailed for New 
York, July 19, 1919, aboard U. S. S. Zeppelin, as steerage passenger, arriving 
July 29, 1919. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., August, 1919. 

REECE, PHILLIP P., from the beginning of the war was doing special 
duty in connection with the Fuel Administration in Iowa. He was commis- 
sioned captain, Engineer Corps, United States Army, on September 11, 1918, 
and ordered to Camp Humphreys, Va., for duty and training in the Engineer 
Officers' Training Camp. On account of the influenza epidemic, which quar- 
antined his company for six weeks, the armistice was signed before he was 
assigned to further duty. He was honorably discharged on December 19, 
1918. 

SMITH, JOHN P., after serving in the Coast Artillery, United States 
Army, for eight years, during which time he held the rank of lieutenant and 
captain, was promoted to major, Field Artillery, National Army, in 1917, and 
assigned to the 32nd Division, as divisional ordnance officer. Major Smith 
assisted in the organization and equipment of this division at Camp McArthur, 
Waco, Tex. 

Major Smith left the United States for France Avith the 32nd Division, 
January 31, 1918. His service in France was as follows: In training area 
with 32nd Division, as divisional ordnance officer, equipping and training 
division; in line with 32nd Division, in Alsace, defensive sector, as divisional 
ordnance officer, divisional munitions officer, and assistant in operations sec- 
tion. General StafT; with 32nd Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, in 
charge of operations section, General Staff; transferred to General Head- 
quarters, 5th Army Corps ; received citation for Distinguished and Meritorious 
service during St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives ; service with Head- 
quarters, 5th Army Corps, in the Haute-Vosges, and later in the training 
area ; with Corps Artillery and Operations, General Staff, Headquarters, 5th 
Army Corps. 

Major Smith returned to the United States March 19, 1919, was promoted 
to lieutenant colonel. Field Artillery, October 26, 1919, and was assigned to 
duty in the Philippine Islands May, 1919, as executive officer. Coast Defenses, 
Manila and Subic Bays. 

STEIG, FRED B., was commissioned, October 17, 1918, captain in the 
Ordnance Department, Engineering Division, Explosive Section, remaining 
in this department until January 15, 1919, doing research work on military 
explosives. 

From January 16, 1919, to May 6, 1919, he was in the Pyrotechnic Branch, 
Trench Warfare Division, Ordnance Department, as officer in charge of 
Production and Research. 

From May 7 to October 24, 1919, he was Chief of Chemical Sub-Section, 
Raw Material and Scrap Section, of the Director of Sales Office, in charge of 
sales and sales policies of all War Department surplus acids, chemicals, 
explosives, oils and toluols and allied products. He was discharged as cap- 
tain, October 24, 1919. 

*STOCKER, DELMAR H., in May, 1917, enlisted in the service and was 
mustered in as a first lieutenant of the Dental Reserve Corps, at Camp Zach- 
ary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., September 12, 1917. He was assigned to the 
309th Engineers, and remained with them until December 26, 1917, when he 



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D. H. STOCKBB 




PHILIP L. VOSS 




L. HABLET 





GEORGE P. SBARIGHT 




JOHN B. SNIDBE 



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was transferred to the 5th Battalion, 20th Engineers, at Camp Belvoir, near 
Washington, D. C. On January 26, 1918, he received orders to report to the 
supply station in New York on January 28. 

Lieutenant Stocker's ship, Calamares, sailed from Hoboken, N. J., Janu- 
ary 30, and after a very rough voyage, landed at Brest on February 17, 1918. 
He proceeded with the 20th Engineers to Chatenois, where he was stationed 
until transferred, a short time later, to the American Camp Hospital, No. 21, 
at Bourbonne les Bains. 

In this hospital, where Lieutenant Stocker had been so faithful in the 
performance of his duties, he made the "supreme sacrifice," October 3, 1918, 
his death caused by pneumonia. Toward evening of the same day his re- 
mains were laid at rest by his fellow officers and comrades in the American 
cemetery at Bourbonne. 

In a letter to Lieutenant Stocker's mother. Major King said : "His 
cheerful spirit and his devotion to his work spoke of the sterling quality of 
manhood that was his." 

VOSS, PHILLIP L., after serving on the Mexican Border with the 13th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, was commissioned first lieutenant, Engineer Officers' 
Reserve Corps, January 26, 1918, and captain, Engineer Corps, April 7, 1919. 
He was assigned to the 34th Engineers, Shop and Supply Regiment, June, 
1918, and discharged September 29, 1919. 

While in France, Captain Voss was stationed with his organization at 
the Intermediate Engineer Supply Depot, at Gievres, Loir et Cher, as officer 
in charge of water supply material. As such he had charge of recommenda- 
tions for purchase, receipt, storage, classification, and distribution to other 
depots, to the S. O. S., and to the armies of all water supply equipment, 
supplies and materials. 

Captain Voss was recommended for major, Engineers' Reserve Corps, 
but declined the commission. He was company commander, Company B, 
34th Engineers. 

1908 

BURTT, HOWARD JOHNSTON, enlisted January 21, 1918, and en- 
tered the School of Military Aeronautics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 
January 26, 1918, and graduated March 30. He was commissioned April 5, 
1918, as second lieutenant. Aviation Section, United States Army. He re- 
ported at Kelly Field No. 2, April 9, 1918, he was assigned on June 1, 1918, 
to Armament School, Air Service, Wilbur Wright Aviation Field, Dayton, 
Ohio, and was graduated from there July 15, receiving orders for overseas 
July 16, 1918. 

Lieutenant Burtt sailed overseas August 7, and reported at Knotty Ash, 
Liverpool, England, August 21, 1918. On August 22, he received orders to 
Air Service Headquarters, London, reporting August 23, 1918. He received 
orders September 5, to proceed to St. Maxieat, France, and on reporting 
September 8, was assigned October 2, to the 463rd Aero Squadron, First Air 
Depot, Zone of Advance, Calombey Les Belles, France, as construction 
officer of this post. He was relieved November 30, 1919, and proceeded to 
point of embarkation, Brest, from which he sailed January 28, 1919, arriving 
at Hoboken, N. J., February 10, 1919. He was discharged at Garden City, 
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COCHRANE, DONALD C, enlisted in Troop L, 1st Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., for training, later being commis- 
sioned first lieutenant. When the cavalry was disbanded he was assigned to 
the Sanitary Corps, 28th Division, Camp Hancock, Ga., and placed in charge 
of the water supply. 

Lieutenant Cochrane sailed for France with the 79th Division, and was 
wounded in action. 

HARLEY, LE ROY, volunteered his services while in Alaska, and was 
given a commission from civil life as second lieutenant in the Engineer 
Officers' Training School. He was first sent to Camp Lewis, Washington, 
for two weeks, to secure proper uniforms and equipment, and was then sent 
to Camp Humphreys, Va., where he finished the prescribed training course 
on February 14, 1919, and secured his commission. As the armistice had been 
signed Lieutenant Harley decided to return to civil life, and was given an hon- 
orable discharge on February 15, 1919. 

HAYES, EDMUND P., attended the Third Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp. 

JONES, GEORGE GIBBS, re-enlisted in the United States Navy, Sep- 
tember 19, 1917, and was assigned to the United States Submarine M-1, as 
electrician. He had served previously on the K class of underwater boats. 

McCOY, JOHN HOWARD, served in the United States Army from 
May, 1918, to January, 1919. He received a commission as second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, but did not have a chance to go across. 

QUICKEL, RALPH D., in August, 1917, applied for a commission in 
the non-flying section of the Aviation Division, Signal Corps. His application 
was granted, and in February, 1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant, 
and ordered to the training school at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta, Ga. 

His work was in connection with motor transports in the United States. 

RITCHEY, JESSE S., was commissioned captain. Engineer Corps, 
August 22, 1918, and reported for duty at Camp Humphreys, Va. He was 
discharged December 2, 1918, on his personal request to return to civil duties, 
the war being over. 

ROSS, FRANK K., had served nine years in the cavalry service. United 
States Army, before the outbreak of the war, in 1917. In May, 1917, he was 
promoted to captain, U. S. Cavalry, and in August of the same year was pro- 
moted to major. Air Service. In May, 1919, Major Ross received the rank of 
lieutenant colonel, Cavalry. 

Major Ross went overseas in April, 1918. His war record follows: 
Commanded Air Service Ordnance Supply Depot, May 1 to June 15, 1918; 
student Officer, Army General Staff College, September 15, 1918; brigade 
adjutant, 63rd Infantry, 32nd Division, throughout the Argonne-Meuse of- 
fensive, and on its march to the Rhine; Army of Occupation until February 
25, 1919; assistant to chief, American Relief Administration to Poland, from 
March 1 to June 30, 1919, with headquarters at Warsaw, Poland. 

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SEARIGHT, GEORGE P., received his commission as first lieutenant, 
Engineer Corps, September 24, 1917. He was stationed at Camp Lee, Camp 
Upton, and Camp Meade until June, 1918, at which time he went overseas 
with the 27th Engineers, with which regiment he saw service in the Marne- 
Aisne offensive in the reserve infantry and railroad engineers ; in the St. 
Mihiel offensive in advanced bridge engineers. Lieutenant Searight was 
promoted to captain. Engineer Corps, while in France. He received his dis- 
charge from service April 18, 1919. 

SIMON, ALLEN E., entered the war as captain, Marine Corps, after 
serving for nine years as a commissioned officer in this branch of the service. 
In May, 1917, Captain Simon was with the 3rd Company, 1st Brigade, 
Marine Corps, in the occupation of Haiti. 

Captain Simon was with the 3rd Company and Field Signal Battalion 
at Philadelphia and Camp Fuller, Paoli, Pa., until August, 1918. He was 
commissioned major (temporary), from July 1, 1918, to July 31, 1919. Dur- 
ing the greater part of this time he was with the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

SNIDER, JOHN BLAINE, after serving with Company F, 4th New 
Jersey Infantry, on the Mexican Border, was commissioned second lieutenant 
the 4th New Jersey Infantry, July 6, 1917. He was in active service at Patten- 
burg, Somerville and at Bound Brook, N. J., and at Camp McClellan, Ala. He 
was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineer Corps ,and ordered to duty at 
Camp Lee, Va., December 28, 1917. He served with Company A, 602nd Engi- 
neers, Camp Devens, Mass., until July 9, 1918, when the regiment was ordered 
to Hoboken, N. J., to embark for service overseas. 

Lieutenant Snider arrived at Brest, July 21, 1918, and after a few days 
in camp, at Brest, the regiment proceeded to Chalindrey. On September 8, 
the regiment was ordered to report to the commander of the 5th Army Corps. 
Lieutenant Snider served with the 5th Army Corps on the front during the 
St. Mihiel offensive, and during the entire Meuse-Argonne offensive, Septem- 
ber 26, to November 11, 1918. On November 23, the regiment received orders 
relieving it from further duty with the 5th Army Corps, and assigning it to 
duty with the 7th Army Corps, which was a part of the Army of Occupation. 
The regiment left Stenay, France, November 26, 1918, on its march for 
Germany. After marching across the Duchy of Luxemburg, and Belgium, it 
arrived at Conz, Germany, on December 10, and at Luxem, Germany, two 
days later. The regiment remained here as a part of the American Army of 
Occupation until early in the spring of 1919. 

On March 1, 1919, Lieutenant Snider received orders relieving him from 
duty with the 602nd Engineers, and permitting him to attend the French 
University of Clermont-Ferrand. He was relieved from duty at the French 
University on July 1, 1919, and ordered to St. Nazaire, and later to Brest for 
return to the United States. Lieutenant Snider arrived at Hoboken, N. J., 
August 12, 1919, was ordered to report to the Chief of Engineers, Washing- 
ton, D. C, and later received his discharge. 

THACHER, CHARLES F., was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, August, 1917, and reported to the Engineer Officers' 
Training Camp, American University, Washington, D. C, September 2, 1917. 
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Lieutenant Thacher was assigned to construction work on St. Sulpice- 
Izon Project B. S., No. 2, France. He Avas promoted to captain in May, 1919, 
and discharged July, 1919. 

1909 

ACHESON, HERBERT HAMILTON, entered the war as captain and 
instructor in Officers' Training Camp, Fort Winfield Scott, Cal., in May, 
1917, after serving as lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, and recruiting officer 
for eight years. 

Captain Acheson was assigned the duty of organizing casual detachments 
for overseas' service, and conducted a replacement draft for overseas. He 
organized the classification camp of the First Depot Division, St. Aignan- 
Noyers, France, January to March, 1918. 

From April, 1918, to June, 1919, Captain Acheson served as a member 
of the First Section, General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at Gen- 
eral Headquarters, where he was advanced to the grade of lieutenant colonel. 
He was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor, in the grade of Chevalier, 
by the French government. Lieutenant Colonel Acheson is now executive 
officer at Camp Eustis, Virginia. 

BERNEY, DANIEL EDWARD, was commissioned first lieutenant, 
Medical Corps, June 21, 1917, and sent to the Army Medical College, Wash- 
ington, D. C. He sailed overseas August 8, 1917, and from August 27 to 
October 12, 1917, served as medical officer in the Croydon War Hospital, 
London. From October 12 to November 15, 1917, he served with the 136th 
Field Ambulance, British Expeditionary Force, France; and from November 
15, 1917, to April 2, 1918, as battalion surgeon, 13 East Surrey Regiment. 
He was wounded April 1, 1918. 

Lieutenant Berney was awarded the Military Cross of the British Em- 
pire, with two citations. He was a patient in the Prince of Wales Hospital 
until November 20, 1918, when he was sent to Grantham, England, Machine 
Gun Corps Headquarters, where he remained from December 1 to March 15, 
1919. He was transferred to the American Forces March 20, 1919, and given 
a post-graduate course, in the diseases of children, in London and Dublin 
universities. 

Lieutenant Berney was promoted to captain in November, 1918. He 
returned to the United States August 5, 1919, and was discharged August 
20, 1919. 

The following is a copy of Captain Berney's citation : 

"Lieutenant Berney was medical officer to the 13th (S) Bn. East Surrey 
Regiment, during the counter attack upon Mory and the withdrawal from 
Ervillers on Mar'ch 23 and 24, 1918. At the attack on Mory, he established 
his advanced dressing station close behind the leading waves, and from this 
point he was able to deal with the wounded almost immediately. Although 
constantly under heavy enemy fire, he continued attending to the wounded 
and their subsequent evacuation with total indift'erence to personal danger. 
In several cases he personally went and attended to severely wounded men 
and saw them safely removed. At the subsequent withdrawal from Ervillers 
he established his aid post on the Mory-Ervillers Road, and although the 
enemy was in close proximity and his fire heavy, he remained at his aid post 
attendins; to and evacuating all wounded. It was here that he was first 



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wounded but he still carried on until hit a second time, and it was not 
until then that he gave up. His splendid spirit, cheerfulness, and total dis- 
regard of personal danger were invaluable to all around him." 

BILLINGTON, HENRY EDWARD, was commissioned first lieuten- 
ant. Field Artillery Reserve Corps, at the close of the Of^cers' Training Camp, 
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., November 27, 1917. He reported to the 335th Field 
Artillery at Camp Pike, Ark., December IS, 1917, and remained there as bat- 
tery commander. Battery A, 335th Field Artillery, until May 8, 1918, when 
he was transferred to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot at Camp Jack- 
son, S. C. There he was assigned to the 5th Regiment, and was battalion 
adjutant until July 2, 1918, when he was commissioned captain, Field Artil- 
lery, National Army, and appointed regimental inspector-instructor. On July 
24, 1918, he was transferred to the 4th Corps, Artillery Park, Camp Wads- 
worth, S. C, and was commanding officer of Company C of that organization. 

Captain Billington left the United States, September 1, 1918, and arrived 
at Manchester, England, September 13, 1918, and La Havre, France, Septem- 
ber 16, 1918. He was in operations between the Meuse and Moselle from 
September 26 to November 11, 1918, and crossed into Germany on December 
2, 1918. He was stationed at Mayen, Germany, until February 1, 1919, and 
was in command of Urmitz Bahnhof, Germany, from February 1 to May 25, 
1919. He left Germany May 26 for St. Aignan, and was assigned to Casual 
Company 5476 on ]\Iay 29th and sailed from Brest June 10, 1919. He was 
discharged as captain. Field Artillerv, at Mitchel Field, Long Island, July 1, 
1919. 

BOWES, ORLANDO C, enlisted as private in Infantry, April 2, 1918, 
at Chicago and went to Fort Riley, Kansas, April 17, 1918. Here he was trans- 
ferred tu Quartermaster Corps, promoted to sergeant June 1st, sergeant 
first class, July 1st, and sergeant senior grade August 1, 1918. He was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps, August 8th, and went to 
Camp Dodge August 11th, where he joined the 88th Division, and came east 
\\'ith that division to Camp Mills, Long Island. Here he was transferred 
to Camp Merrit, N. J., to organize school for bakers and cooks. On Novem- 
ber 1st, Lieutenant BoAves was transferred to Camp Upton to organize Bakery 
Company No. 409, and here he remained until discharged, September 1, 19l9. 

BYERSON, CHARLES E., enlisted as first lieutenant. Engineer Corps, 
at Washington, D. C, on Nevember 6, 1918, but was never sworn into the 
service. He was never sent to camp on account of the signing of the armistice 
on November 11, 1918. 

CHILD, WILLIAM G., attended Field Artillery Central Officers' Train- 
ing School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was mustered out 
of service December 7, 1918, as private, Field Artillery. 

CLAY, WALLACE L., at the beginning of the war with Germany held 
the rank of Captain, Ordnance Department, having been in continuous service 
in the Regular Army since 1910. He successfully passed the military exami- 
nations in 1910, and was appointed second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps. 
On October 13, 1917, Captain Clay was promoted to major, and on January 21, 
1918, to lieutenant colonel. He passed the examinations for the Ordnance 
Department in 1914 and studied shop work for a year in the ^^^ate^town 
Arsenal, Mass., before being transferred to Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, 
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He developed an armor piercing bullet in 1915 which was patented for 
the use of the United States Government. 

During the war Lieutenant Colonel Clay had charge of the development 
of special types of ammunition for the Air Service, such as caliber .30 incen- 
diary bullets, caliber .30 tracer bullets, caliber .30 armor-piercing tracer bullets 
and 11 mm. anti-balloon cartridges. He had charge of the installation of 
manufacturing equipment and instruction of outside manufacturers in the 
production of aircraft ammunition. In addition to this he conducted a special 
investigation in England and France for the United States Government. 

Lieutenant Colonel Clay was in charge of the Artillery Ammunition 
Experimental Department at the Frankford Arsenal, beginning September 

1, 1918. 

DEVOR, DONALD S., was appointed captain. Quartermaster Corps, 
in December, 1917, and stationed at Washington as assistant chief of inspec- 
tion. Motors Branch. In 1918 he was promoted to major. Quartermaster 
Corps, and placed in charge of the Cleveland District, Motors Branch, office 
of the General Staff, on August 1, 1918. 

Major Devor remained in this capacity until discharged from the service 
in February, 1919. 

ECKELS, WILBERFORCE, enlisted as a private in the Signal Enlisted 
Reserve Corps, Aviation Section, February, 1918, but was never called to active 
duty. He was discharged from this corps June, 1918, and was commissioned 
as second lieutenant, 2Sth Engineers, August 22, 1918. He was ordered to 
Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C, and attached to the 1st Replace- 
ment Regiment, Engineers. He sailed overseas with the September Auto- 
matic Replacement Draft, 1st Replacement Regiment Engineers, September 
25, 1918, and landed in Liverpool, England, October 7, 1918. With the bat- 
talion of engineers he worked on the construction of American Rest Camp, 
Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England, until December 16, 1918. 

He was ordered to France December 17, 1918, to his own regiment, 35th 
Railway Engineers, and was stationed with them at LaRochelle, France, until 
April, 1919. The 35th Engineers sailed from Bordeaux April 19, 1919, and 
arrived in Hoboken April 27, 1919. 

Lieutenant Eckels was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, May 

2, 1919. 

FIELD, VERNE ORREN, served with the 314th Infantry, Company B, 
at Camp Meade, Md. 

FRICK, AUSTIN G., had served as lieutenant in the United States 
Coast Artillery for seven years before the entrance of the United States into 
the war. In 1917, at the beginning of the war, he was promoted to captain, and 
transferred to Fort Screven, Ga. In 1918 he was appointed major, and 
stationed at Fort Moultrie, S. C, for a time, and then went overseas with 
the 61st Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, returning to the United States in 
1919. 

FUJiST, WALTER BENEDICT, on May 12, 1917, was assigned to 
Company 6, First Provisional Training Regiment, Plattsburg Barracks, New 
York, and on August 15, 1917, commissioned first lieutenant. Ordnance De- 
partment, National Army. On August 22, 1917, he proceeded to Watervliet 
Arsenal, Watervliet, N .Y. 



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H. E. BILLINGTON 




I!. II. GAMllI.E 




J. EDGAR MARTIN 




R. W. MITCHBLIy 





A. F. STKODSB 




ifSm «b» /« 




E. A. WILCOX 



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On September 20, 1917, Lieutenant Furst reported to the Chief of Ord- 
nance, Washington, D. C, by whom he was assigned in the Commissioned 
Personnel Section, Administration Division, Ordnance Office, where he was 
in charge of the Record Office. He was transferred on March 4, 1918, to the 
Property Section, Administration Division, where his work was that of build- 
ing up a commissioned personnel section of property officers. 

(Jn June 28, 1918, Lieutenant Furst was promoted to captain, Ordnance 
Department, National Army. 

The Washington District Property Office was established on July 1, 
1918, and Captain Furst was appointed the property manager in this office. 

Captain Furst sailed from New York October 6, 1918, on the White Star 
Line, S. S. Adriatic, and arrived at Liverpool, England, October 17. He ar- 
rived at Le Havre on October 19, thence he proceeded to Tours via Blois. Cap- 
tain Furst was assigned to duty in the office of the Chief Ordnance Officer, 
Headquarters, Service of Supply, A. E. F., with station at Tours, France. On 
November 7, 1918, he proceeded to Int. Ordnance Depot, No. 2, Gievres, for 
temporary duty, thence to advance Ordnance Depot, No. 1, Is-sur-Tille, where 
he was detailed as the officer in charge of property records. He was relieved 
from duty in the A. E. F., February 1, 1919, and proceeded to Angers, France; 
on February 1.5, 1919, to Base Section, No. 5, Brest, and on February 23, 1919, 
Captain Furst left Brest, arriving in New York March 6, 1919. Upon his re- 
turn, he was assigned to the Ordnance Branch, Property Account Division, 
Office of the Director of Finance. He was appointed chief of this branch, and 
in addition had supervisory control over the property divisions of the various 
district Ordnance offices. 

Captain Furst was promoted to major. Ordnance Department, ranking 
from July 3, 1919, and honorably discharged August 4, 1919. 

GAMBLE, ROYAL MORRIS, entered the Ordnance Training School 
at The Pennsylvania State College October 23, 1917, and finished the course 
December 9, 1917, enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., December 12, 1917, and was 
ordered to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., December 15, 1917. He 
was appointed sergeant. Ordnance Department, January 12, 1918. On 
February 3, 1918, he was ordered to the Nitrate Division, Ordnance Depart- 
ment, and served with inspector of construction. United States Nitrate Plant, 
No. 2, on the erection of the Warrior Steam Electric Plant, Walker Company, 
Ala., from February, 1918, to March, 1919. 

He Avas discharged from the service, March 20, 1919, at Sheffield, Ala. 

ROWLAND, JAMES A., was appointed first lieutenant. Quartermaster's 

Corps, National Army, in 1917. In 1918 he was promoted to captain. Motor 
Transport Corps, and General Staff. 

LANDIS, LAWRENCE H., served with the United States Army during 
the recL-nt war. 

MARTIN, J. EDGAR, applied for a commission in the United States 
Navy in August, 1917, but no immediate action was taken upon his applica- 
tion. In September, 1917, he was drafted, and on October 4, 1917, was sent 
to Camp Lee, Va. He was acting corporal, in a machine gun company of 
the 320th Infantry, 80th Division, until December 15, 1917, at which time he 
was gi^'en a discharge from the army in order to accept a commission as 
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reported for instruction, December 17, 1917, at the Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and remained there for four weeks. After four weeks of 
instruction at the United States Naval Academy, he was assigned February 
18, 1918, to U. S. S. George Washington, as assistant engineer officer. He 
made three trips to France and was detailed June 12, 1918, for duty as 
instructor at U. S. Navy Steam Engineering School, Stevens Institute, Ho- 
boken, N. J., which station he held until released from active duty. May 9, 
1919. 

MITCHELL, RAYMOND W., was appointed first lieutenant. Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, and was called to active service December 28, 1917, 
reporting at Camp Lee, Va., January 5, 1918, where he was assigned to the 
Engineer Officers' Training Camp. He was transferred to Company B, 27th 
Engineers, February 8, 1918, at Fort Myer, Va., and left the United States 
via the U. S. S. George Washington, May 8, arriving at Brest, May 19, 1918. 
He was assigned to transmission line construction in Haute Marne, between 
Joinville and Langres, until August 12, 1918, when he was ordered to the 
French army in the Verdun Sector. He operated in the Verdun and St. 
Mihiel sectors until the occupation by the First Army, when he was trans- 
ferred from Company B, 37th Engineers, to Regimental Headquarters, with 
the rank of captain, September 16, 1918, as regimental engineer supply officer, 
and participated in the St. Mihiel Offensive and Meuse-Argonne operation. 
He was relieved of duty as regimental engineer supply officer, November 15, 
and assigned to duty as engineer officer, 1st Battalion, 37th Engineers, with the 
3rd Army, Army of Occupation. 

Captain Mitchell was transferred to the port of embarkation in January, 
1919, and sailed from France, March 9. He was discharged from the service 
as captain, Engineer Corps, at Camp Upton, L. I., April 23, 1919. 

NEARY, EDWARD J., was commissioned lieutenant, junior grade, 
United States Navy, on November 19, 1917, and was ordered to the United 
States Naval Academy for six weeks' intensive training in the navy customs 
and general naval procedure. On January 20, 1918, he was assigned as radio 
officer aboard the U. S. S. Utah, Flagship Division 6, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, 
under Rear Admiral T. S. Rodgers, division commander. On April 10, 1918, 
Lieutenant Neary qualified for services for electrical duty aboard combatant 
ships of the navy. 

In September, 1918, Lieutenant Neary was promoted to lieutenant, senior 
grade, and qualified for line duty. He was assigned to the Radio Division, 
Bureau of Steam Engineering, as second executive assistant to the head of the 
division, and in charge of the purchase, production and assignment of all radio 
apparatus, both here and abroad. 

Lieutenant Neary requested to be placed on inactive duty on July 1, 1919, 
and was granted the request. 

PANAINI, DOMINGO, was appointed captain. Headquarters Company, 
374th Infantry, National Army, Camp Las Casas, San Juan, Porto Rico, and 
served throughout the war. 

PIDGEON, GROVER C, was commissioned first lieutenant. Field Ar- 
tillery, at the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School at Camp Tay- 
lor, Louisville, Ky. At the close of the war Lieutenant Pidgeon was honor- 
ably discharged. 



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SIDNEY P. ARMSBY 




JOHN H. ATHBRTOX 






W. D. CANAN 




C. D. CLARK 



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PLOUGH, FRANK KIMMELL, enlisted in the United States Navy, 
Department of Yards and Docks, June 12, 1918, and was discharged March 1, 
1919, after serving five months in France. His rank vi^as chief special me- 
chanic for the whole term of enlistment. 

RADER, HERBERT, was appointed first lieutenant. Quartermaster's 
Corps, and was stationed at Washington, D. C, during the war period. 

REES, HORACE P., was attached to Company I, Engineer Officers' 
Training School, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

REITER, CLARENCE G., was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineer 
Corps, and ordered to report to the 403rd Engineers, Fort Douglas, Salt 
Lake City, Utah. He contracted influenza which developed into pneumonia, 
and after three weeks in the hospital was ordered to report at Camp Humph- 
reys, Va., and arrived there December 2, 1918. He was discharged on 
December 12, 1918. 

STROUSE, ALBERT F., was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineer 
Corps, August 7, 1918, and reported for duty at the Engineer Officers' Train- 
ing School, Camp Humphreys, Va., August 24, 1918. He was relieved from 
duty at the Training School, and sent to 4th Engineers' Training Regiment, 
October 29, 1918, where he was assigned to Company M, 4th Engineers' 
Training Regiment, October 31, 1918. Lieutenant Strouse was appointed 
assistant judge advocate, 4th Engineers' Training Regiment, November 1, 
1918, and judge advocate, November 30, 1918. He was relieved from this 
duty and assigned to Company D, 447th Reserve Labor Battalion. Later 
he was assigned to the office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C, as 
special officer. Searchlight Research Section, March 11, 1919. 

Lieutenant Strouse was honorably discharged, March 18, 1919. 

WILCOX, EDGAR A., entered the service on July 20, 1918, as captain, 
Chemical Warfare Service. Two weeks later he was sent to France. After 
about five weeks' instruction in France he was assigned to the 42nd Division, 
Rainbow, which was then at the front. He was with this division through 
the Argonne offensive, and in the advance of the Army of Occupation to the 
Rhine. 

A short time after. Captain Wilcox was assigned to the 5th Division, 
also in the Army of Occupation and spent the winter in and around Lux- 
emburg. Later he was assigned to the 78th Division for return to the 
United States, and sailed from Bordeaux on Alphonso XIII, June 13, 1919, 
arriving in New York ten days later. He was honorably discharged on 
July 14, 1919. The positions held by Captain Wilcox were those of assistant 
gas officer, 42nd Division, and chief gas officer, 5th and 78th Divisions. 

1910 

AGEE, HOWARD H., was captain. Engineer Corps, with the American 
Expeditionary Forces, France, and was attached to the Technical Board, as 
general purchasing agent. He was later attached to the American Commis- 
sion to Negotiate Peace, in charge of Liaison Section, Engineering Depart- 
ment, War Damage Board. 

ANGLE, JAMES M., was commissioned first lieutenant, in the Engineer 
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the United States Geological Survey, October 1, 1917. On April 6, 1918, he 
was assigned to Camp Humphreys, Va., and on April 9 was attached to the 
45th Engineers for duty. He was relieved from duty with the 45th Engineers 
on July 4, and attached to the Standard Railway Operating School. He was 
relie^-ed and assigned to the 6th Engineers' Training Regiment, August 
15, 1918. 

On August 20, 1918, he was transferred to the 545th Engineers' Service 
Battalion and assigned as company commander, Company A, and as battalion 
personnel adjutant in addition to his other duties. 

Lieutenant Angle sailed from Camp Merritt, N. J., September 23, 1918. 
He contracted influenza on the voyage and went to Base Hospital, No. 8, at 
Savanay, on arrival in Erance. A condition developed there necessitating an 
operation for which he was sent back to the United States. He landed at 
Hampton, Va., on November 17, 1919, and was operated on successfully at 
Fort McHenry, Md., November 23, 1918. He was honorably discharged 
from the service at Camp Humphreys, Va., on March 25, 1919. 

ARMSBY, SIDNEY P., enlisted at Jacksonville, Fla., July 22, 1917, and 
reported for dut}- at the post hospital, Fort Screven, Ga., where he was put 
in charge of the hospital laboratory, and later made operating room assistant, 
with a rating of private, first class. He was transferred to the Quarter- 
master's Corps September 1, 1917, reporting for duty to the quartermaster 
at Fort Caswell, N. C. While there Mr. Armsby was made fuel overseer, 
and also acted as assistant engineer on cantonment construction. He was 
sent to Artillery Officers' Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., April 1, 1918, 
and transferred to Chemical AVarfare Service, April 18, 1918. He reported 
for duty at Washington, D. C, where he was put in charge of construction 
and maintenance for the small scale manufacturing section. He was pro- 
moted to corporal, July, 1918, and second lieutenant, October, 1918. 

Lieutenant Armsby was honorably discharged January 13, 1919. 

ATHERTON, JOHN H., enlisted April 18, 1918, in the Meteorological 
Section, Signal Corps, at Waco, Texas. He was transferred May 25, 1918, 
to the United States Army School of Meteorology at College Station, Texas. 
He sailed for France September 20, 1918, and was transferred to Company C, 
321st Field Signal Battalion, December 22, 1918, at Cormerey, France. He 
was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., April 28, 1919, with the rank of private. 

AYERS, STEPHEN D., as a sergeant attended Officers' Artillery Train- 
ing School, American Expeditionary Force, at Saumur, France. 

BITTENBENDER, FREDERICK E., enlisted in the aviation branch 
of the Navy. He was listed as a landsman for quartermaster, and attached 
to the Dirigible Balloon Section. He was stationed at the Naval Air Station, 
Pensacola, Fla. He received ratings of second-class and first-class quarter- 
master. Aviation Section, Navy. He was transferred to the United States 
Naval Steam Engineering School at Hoboken, N. J., Stevens Institute, as 
chief machinist's mate. Upon completing the course he was given the rank 
of warrant machinist. He took training trips on the U. S. S. Buford, as 
engineering officer to Bordeaux. Upon his return he completed his course 
and was commissioned Ensign, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, for engineering 
duty. He was released from active duty June 12, 1919. 

BLOOM, LESLIE LEMOINE, went to France with the 32nd Service 
Company. He was later detached from the Air Service in order to attend 
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*BRADDOCK, HOWARD C, before the call for mobilization came in 
1917, enlisted in the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment. On May 5, 1917, he was 
commissioned second lieutenant, and on September 22, 1917, while the Di- 
vision was training at Camp Hancock, he was promoted to first lieutenant, 
110th Regiment. He was sent overseas, and for meritorious service was 
promoted to captain of his company, July 4, 1918. His commission was dated 
October 7, 1918. 

Captain Braddock participated in all the offensive operations of his regi- 
ment, and won the commendation of his superior officers for the efficient and 
satisfactory manner in which he performed his duties. 

The first official report was that Captain Braddock was killed in action, 
but later it was learned that he died of pneumonia, due to overwork and 
exposure, on October 24, 1918, seventeen days before the armistice was 
signed. He was buried in the church yard at Bernecourt, France. 

*BUCKW ALTER, HARRIS D., volunteered his services in the United 
States Army March 31, 1917. He was commissioned captain of Engineers 
Officers' Reserve Corps, June 19, 1917; and on September 5, 1917, ordered to 
American University, Washington, D. C, for training. He was sent to Camp 
Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., December 10, 1917, for special duty with 307th 
Engineers. 

On January 27, 1918, Captain Buckwalter sailed for France, arriving 
there February 6. He was assigned to Company A, 1st Engineers, which 
regiment at that time was on the front in the Toul Sector. Late in March 
the regiment was ordered to the Picardy region, and on April 26, 1918, it 
was placed on the front in the Montididier sector. 

Captain- Buckwalter served as regimental adjutant of 1st Engineers, from 
April 6 to May 9, 1918, and on the latter date he was assigned to Company 
C, 1st Engineers. 

On the night of May 11, 1918, as engineering officer in command of a 
company of infantry constructing trenches on the Belle Assise farm, about 
one mile east of Broyes, France, he was killed by a high explosive enemy 
shell, which fell within a few feet of him on a piked road. Death was 
instantaneous. He was buried by his comrades of the 1st Engineers with 
military honors, in the Third Grave, Sixth Row, in the United States Military 
cemetery, at Broyes, France. 

CANAN, W. DEAN, enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve Force 
on May 16, 1918, as lieutenant, junior grade, and was assigned to the U. S. 
Naval Steam Engineering School at Hoboken, N. J., where he remained until 
his release from active duty May 30, 1919. In January, 1919, his rank was 
increased to that of lieutenant. 

While at the school Lieutenant Canan had charge of the boiler depart- 
ment, and for a time the advanced course work. He prepared considerable 
of the instruction material in this school. 

CLARK, CHESTER DEWART, enrolled in the United States Naval 
Reserve Force on October 25, 1917, and reported to Wissahickon Barracks, 
Cape May, N. J., for training as an aviator in the Naval Reserves on December 
17, 1917. He was transferred to Company 18, Naval Aviation Detachment, 
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a student flight officer. After 
completing the course on May 18, 1918, he was sent to Miami, Fla., for flight 
work. He was commissioned as ensign. Naval Reserves Flying Corps, on 



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D. O. ELLINGER 




I^. M. FISHER 




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W. r. MURPHY 





WALTER C. SUMMER 




HAROLD E. WARNER 



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September 16, 1918, at Pensacola, Fla., and shortly afterwards was sent up to 
the U. S. Naval Air Stations, North Sidney, Nova Scotia. He did convoy 
and patrol work there. 

CLIFFORD, FREDERICK C, was a candidate for commission at Field 
Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louis- 
ville, Ky., from November 5, 1918, to December 7, 1918, and received his 
discharge on the latter date on account of the signing of the armistice. 

DAVIS, DAVID O., was master engineer with the 15th United States 
Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

DETWILER, JAMES G., entered the service in Texas in July, 1917,_ and 
was recommended for the Second Officers' Training Camp at Leon Springs, 
Texas. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant, infantry, November 27, 

1917, and assigned to the 87th Division at Camp Pike, Ark., first to Company 
H, 347th Infantry, and then to Company I, 347th Infantry. 

In addition to company duties Lieutenant Detwiler was appointed regi- 
mental gas officer at Camp Pike, in which capacity he had charge of all 
regimental instruction in gas defense. In June, 1918, the division moved to 
Camp Dix, N. J., where it was filled up with men from New England and 
New York. After a brief period of training they went overseas in August, 

1918, embarking at Montreal, Canada. During the period of embarking and 
landing he served as personnel adjutant of the contingent on the S. S. 
Tunisian. One of the boats in this convoy, S. S. Persic, was torpedoed in 
transit, and this caused considerable delay — seventeen days in crossing. After 
spending eight days in Romsey, Camp Woodley, they went to Cherburg, 
France, later going into billets in the southwestern part of France, Company 
I, being billetted in Celles. They remained in training at Celles for a little 
over a month, and were then ordered to Pruniers, France, October 12, 1918. 

On November 1, 1918, orders were received for the division to go into 
the line near Verdun, but these orders were countermanded on account of 
the influenza epidemic in certain regiments of the division. Later they were 
again ordered to prepare to "move up" on November 12, 1918, but the signing 
of the armistice blocked this move, and after some further work in the service 
of supplies at Brest, they sailed for the United States on Christmas Day. 
Company I, 347th Infantry, was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., during 
February, 1919, Lieutenant Detwiler receiving his discharge at the same 
time. 

EICHELBERGER, CHESTER A., enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind., August 12, 1917. He was assigned as regiment color sergeant, October, 

1917, and he was promoted to first sergeant, Headquarters Company, 314th 
Field Artillery, March, 1918. He was transferred to Fort Sill, Okla., May, 

1918, and instructed in reconnaissance at the school of fire. He was trans- 
ferred as first lieutenant to the 10th Division at Camp Funston, Kan., and 
acted as officer in charge of conduct of fire. He crossed to France with the 
28th Field Artillery, 10th Division, and served seven months in France. He 
was discharged as first lieutenant, April 8, 1919. 

ELLINGER, DAVID CLARKSON, enlisted as a private in the Engi- 
neers' Enlisted Reserve Corps at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 1, 1918, and was 
placed on inactive status while he was pursuing a course in radio engineering 
at the University of Pittsburgh. On June 10, 1918, he was transferred to 
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the U. S. Signal Corps Radio School at College Park, Md. He was attached 
to the 31st Service Company, Signal Corps. On September 25, 1918, he was 
transferred to Signal Officers' Training Camp, Franklin Cantonment, Camp 
Meade, Md., and attached to the 14th Service Company, Signal Corps. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant. Officers' Reserve Corps, Signal Section, 
December 14, 1918, but was not assigned to any unit. Lieutenant Ellinger 
was discharged from active service in the army December 17, 1918. 

FISHER, LAWRENCE M., entered the United States Public Health 
Service, April 2, 1918, as captain. Sanitary Engineer, extra cantonment sani- 
tation, Camp Meade, Md. He remained at Camp Meade until September, 

1918, directing malaria control operations. From September, 1918, to July, 

1919, he was in charge of malaria control operations about the U. S. Army 
Supply Base at Norfolk, Va., U. S. Navy Yard at Portsmouth, Va., and the 
Big Point Ordnance Depot, Big Point, Va. 

GAUL, JOHN STUART, after serving two years as first lieutenant in 
the Medical Corps, entered into the World war, captain. Medical Corps. 

Captain Gaul left the United States August 23, 1917, for overseas' service, 
assigned as surgeon, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, Issondun, France, and 
commanding officer, Camp Hospital, No. 14. 

On March 16, 1918, he was assigned to French Hospital, No. 43, at 
Issondun, to give surgical assistance to the French in the offensive of March, 
1918. On June 18, 1918, he was assigned as surgeon. Organization and 
Training Sector for Traction Artillery, G. P. F. 155. He received a com- 
mission as major. Medical Reserve Corps, October 6, 1917, and assigned to 
the 163rd Brigade, Field Artillery. Major Gaul received citation for Dis- 
tinguished and Meritorious Service through orders from Commanding Gen- 
eral, Int. Sec, Service of Supply, April, 1919. 

' JONES, PERCY WILKINSON, was appointed lieutenant, Utilities De- 
partment, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga Park, Ga. 

LLOYD, EDWARD C, was commissioned first lieutenant, Sa'nitary 
Corps, Medical Department, February 6, 1918. He was recommissioned first 
lieutenant. Chemical Warfare Service, July 31, 1918, and discharged March 
1, l9l9. Lieutenant Lloyd was on duty practically the entire time at Long 
Island City, N. Y. 

MADDOCK, NORMAN D., was drafted October 5, 1917, and sent to 
Camp Meade, Md. On October 19, 1917, he was transferred to Camp 
Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., and assigned to Company F, 307th Engineers, 82nd 
Division. This regiment remained in training at Camp Gordon until May 8, 
1918, when it was sent to Camp Mills, Mineola, L. I. This detachment left 
Camp Mills, May 18, and boarded the English steamship, Saxon, leaving the 
New York harbor the following day, landing in Liverpool, England, May 
31, and arriving in France June 3. 

Private Maddock was in the Lagney Sector from June 25 to August 8, 
1918; in Marbache Sector from August 19 to September 10, 1918; in St. Mihiel 
Sector from September 12 to 16, 1918. and the Meuse-Argonne Sector from 
September 26 to November 3, 1918. He sailed from France April 27, 1919, 
and arrived in the United States J\Iay 9. He was discharged from the service 
as a private, May 25, 1919. 



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MINSKER, JOHN WILLIAM, enlisted as private in the Ordnance 
Department at the opening of war, and was assigned as foreman in the ma- 
chine shop. Standard Steel Car Co., Hammond, Ind. 

MURPHY, WARREN P., enlisted December 11, 1917, at Newport News, 
Va., in the 306th Mechanical Repair Shop Unit. He trained at Camp Meigs, 
Washington, D. C, and in the Motorized Artillery School at Camp Holabird, 
Baltimore, Md., where he was appointed sergeant and later sergeant first 
class. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the Motor Transport Corps, 
September 17, 1918, and was assigned to the 301st Water Tank Train, Motor 
Transport Corps. The 301st Water Tank Train was organized to supply 
the front line with pure water and was the first of its kind to be organized. 

After arriving in France the organization reported to the 26th Engineers, 
and were stationed at Clermont-en-Argonne, as a part of the 1st Army. It 
participated in the final part of the Meuse-Argonne Ofifensive and was cited 
with troops in the 1st Army Water Supply Service. 

After the signing of the armistice. Lieutenant Murphy was put in com- 
mand of Company C, of the 301st Water Tank Train, and ordered to Mesves 
Hospital Center, where the company, together with the 547th Truck Company 
operated an automobile service park until the hospital center was turned 
back to the French about June 25, 1919. 

Lieutenant Murphy sailed from Brest on H. M. S. Manitou, and arrived 
in New York July 10, 1919, was discharged from the service July 28, 1919. 

PATTERSON, RAYMOND LYNN, was appointed first lieutenant, 
Sanitary Corps, Medical Department, and was stationed at Washington, 
D. C, on experimental gas work. 

*POLACK, RODNEY WILLARD, entered the Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in August, 1917, and received his commission, first 
lieutenant. Infantry, in November, 1917. Early in 1918 he was sent overseas, 
and assigned to Company D, 60th Regular Infantry. 

Lieutenant Polack was acting captain when he was killed by a sniper's bul- 
let, on the morning of October 14, 1918, while leading his company in advance 
of the battalion to take Cunel, a small village twenty miles north of Verdun. 

RANSOM, WILLIAM H., on July 25, 1917, was commissioned as cap- 
tain in the Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps, and on August 6, 1917, was 
called into active service as captain, being assigned to duty as inspector of 
ordnance at Wilmington, Del., in charge of the inspection of explosives 
manufactured by the du Pont, Hercules, and Atlas Powder companies. He 
was transferred to Washington in February, 1918, and assigned to duty as 
Chief of the Powder and Explosives Branch of the Inspection Division, 
Ordnance Department, in direct charge of inspection and acceptance of all 
powder and explosives. On August 1, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of 
major, Ordnance Department. 

About the middle of September, 1918, Major Ransom sailed for England, 
where he made a special study of English manufacturing methods in con- 
nection with powder and explosives, and began a similar study in France, 
but this was discontinued shortly after the signing of the armistice. 

In February, 1919, Major Ransom was released from inspection work 
and transferred to the Old Hickory Powder Plant, Jacksonville, Tennessee 
and assigned as executive officer in direct charge. 



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S H WINSTEIN 




HBBMAN WORK 




FRED L. ARMSTRONG 




EBER 0. ARTHUR 





R. 0. BRENNECKB 




KDWAini IIKOW.N' 



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nu- ¥^7"^ commended m writing by Major General C. C. Williams, USA 
Chief of Ordnance, for especially meritorious and efficient services' while 
servmg m a position of great responsibility as an officer of the Ordnance 
Department during the World War." wiunauce 

SMITH SAMUEL M., served as lieutenant in the Quartermaster's Corps 
throughout the war. ^ 

SUMMER, WALTER C, on June 18, 1918, entered the Coast Artillery 
Officers Reserve Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. From June 18 to July 6 Mr 
bummer and his company trained on the beach owing to the overcro'wded 
condition of the training quarters at the Fort. 

_ About September 10, 1918, the entire company was admitted into the 
training school, and on November 22, 1918, Mr. Summer was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps. A few days later 
Lieutenant Summer was discharged from service. 

TAYLOR, WILLIAM EARL, entered the 7th Company, Reserve Of- 
ficers Trainmg Corps at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was graduated with the rank 
of second lieutenant. 

^WARNER, HAROLD E., enlisted in the Naval Reserve Corps, and was 
r."L ° r,^'^ P^'-^' N- Y,, October 16, 1918. His rating was Machinist's 

tanuarv r?919''w f T?"".' '^' ^^^ ^'^'^'^'^ ^' *^ '^"^^ °^ his death, 
January 4, 19 9. He had tried to enlist several months previous, but was 

nner.ti^^' h'^l^'^^'^r^'^'^', ""^ ^'^ ^"^^""^ ^^^ ^^''^i" necessitated an 
operation which he submitted to and was finally accepted in October, 1918. 

WINSTEIN S. HENRY, enlisted in the Signal Corps, and was sent to 
France with the Meteorological Division, of the Signal Corps. 

WALKER, FRANCIS W., JR., began his army career, February 6 1918 
by enlisting as a private in the Coast Artillery Corps. He was senl tci Fort 
Howard, Md for training, where he remained until April 5, when he reported 
to Fortress Monroe, Va., for the Third Officers' Training Camp. On June 
26 he received his commission as second lieutenant, and was assigned to the 

l^^ut iT 918'^° ^* '^' '^T ^'■*- . ^P°" completion of this school, 
August 15, 1918, he was assigned to the 4th Anti-Aircraft Battalion as com- 
manding officer of the 36th Battery, receiving in connection therewith a 
promotion to first lieutenant, dating September 18, 1918. He remained with 
this organization until December 2 when he was assigned to the 13th Anti- 
Aircraft Sector, as commanding officer of the 18th Battery 

Lieutenant Walker on October 7, 1918, sailed from Newport News aboard 

ef't ITf .'f^ ^°M^T- ^^"' ^^7^ ^^''' h'^ ^^"^^1 ^t B'-^^t his organization 
left for Fort De Montmorency. Several days later all officers were detached 
and assigned to the Anti-Aircraft School at D'Armouville, France, where 
Inlhir, ""'^ '^ f;^"l"§^ °^ '^^ armistice. They were again assigned 

for the u3 States ^^^ '"" '"""''^"'^ °"^^'' *° ^'^^^'^ for embarkation 

^Aro^t} *'''' ^™^-°^ his transfer from the 4th to the 13th Section, Lieutenant 
Walker was assigned to Fort De Stains, from which point the 13th Section 
departed on December 2, 1918, for St. Nazaire. 

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WORK, HERMAN, enlisted in the service from civilian life, and was 
sent to the First Officers' Training Camp, May 13, 1917, at the Presidio, of 
San Francisco. He was assigned to 12th Company, and later to the 2nd 
Battery, Field Artillery, 16th Provisional Regiment. He was commissioned 
first lieutenant Engineers' Reserve Corps, June 19, 1917, and was assigned to 
active service with the 10th Engineers (Forestry), July 19, 1917. 

Lieutenant Work, with his Corps, arrived in France, via Scotland and 
England, October 2, 1917, with Company F, 10th Engineers, and was stationed 
at Levier (Doubs), October 21, 1917, as woods' superintendent of the first 
American outfit to saw lumber in France. He was appointed supply officer, 
10th engineers, February 21, 1918, and promoted to captain, Engineers' Corps, 
June 4, 1918, and supply officer, for Forestry troops. 

Captain Work was assigned to G-4 Section, 3rd Army, Coblenz, Ger- 
many, on December 6, 1918, to arrange for lumber and fuel supply for Army 
of Occupation ; to Technical Board, Peace Commission, January 10, 1919, 
to estimate war damage to forests and farms of Departments of Meuse and 
Meurth at Moselle ; to Southern District, Forestry Operations, at Bordeaux, 
February 25, as supply officer, Dax District, and later as adjutant, Pontenx 
les Forges (Landes) on clean-up of all sawmill operation jobs south of 
Bordeaux. 

Captain Work returned to Washington, August 12, 1919, and was dis- 
charged August 30. He was cited by General Pershing for "Exceptionally 
meritorious and conspicuous services." He was appointed captain. Reserve 
Engineers' Corps, December 22, 1919. 

WORK, PAUL, was drafted at Ithaca, N. Y., and entered the service 
September 29, 1917. He was assigned to Company F, 309th Field Artillery, 
for training, and was later transferred to Company D, 303rd Engineers. He 
was appointed sergeant, December 1, 1917, and sent to the Third Engineer 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., January 1, 1918. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant. Engineer Corps, March 29, 1918, and as- 
signed to Company E, 304th Engineers, May 1, 1918, Camp Meade, Md. He 
was transferred to Company L, 4th Engineers' Training Regiment, July 3, 
1918, stationed at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va., and then to Camp Supply 
Office, Engineers' Replacement Troops, Camp Forrest, Ga., August 17, 1918. 
Lieutenant Work was discharged from the service January 21, 1919. 

1911 

AMIDON, GUY A., enlisted in the Second Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Snelling, Minn., but was dismissed on accotmt of sickness. He later 
enlisted in the Motor Transport School at the University of Minnesota, 
Minneapolis, Minn. Upon completion of the course he was assigned as 
instructor in motor mechanics and detailed for such work at several army 
camps and cantonments. He was later assigned permanently to Motor Sup- 
ply Train, 20th Division, LT. S. Army, as instructor in motor mechanics. 

APPENZELLER, HENRY STANLEY, on September 20, 1917, was 
drafted into the National Armv at Camp Meade, Md., and was assigned to 
Company B, 316th Infantry, 7'9th Division. On October 14, 1917, he was 
transferred to Company B,' 304th Division, Trains and Military Police, and 
was later transferred back to Company B, 316th Infantry. He became first 
sergeant of his company. 



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Sergeant Appenzeller entered the Fourth Officers' Training School at 
Camp Meade, Md., May 17, 1918, and remained until June 25, when the school 
was transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga. He was graduated on August 26, 1918, 
and commissioned as a second lieutenant, Infantrj- Officers' Reserve Corps, on 
the same date. 

After a ten days' leave Lieutenant Appenzeller was ordered to report 
at Camp Wadsworth, S. C, where he was assigned to Company L, 57th 
Pioneer Infantry and left for Camp Merritt, N. J., September 22, 1918, where 
he received his commission of first lieutenant. Training was begun at Ver- 
beiscles, France, just a few miles from Chaumont and on October 29, the 57th 
Pioneer Infantry was ordered to LeMans, where Lieutenant Appenzeller was 
assigned to the 2nd Division on November 6, 1918. He joined the rear eschelon 
of the division at Chepry, France, November 11, 1918, just a half hour before 
the armistice was signed. He was assigned to Company L, 9th Lifantry, and 
reported at Beaumont, France, November 13, 1918. 

The 2nd Division started on November 17, for the Rhine, and arrived 
at Berdorf, Luxemburg, November 23, remaining until December 1, 1918, 
when it crossed into Germany at Bollendorf, with bands playing and the 
2nd Infantry leading the 2nd Division. Oil December 9 the Rhine, at 
Ramagen was reached, and crossed four days later. The 2nd Division was 
part of the Third Army Corps, which was part of the 3rd Army of Occupation, 
with headquarters at Coblenz. 

Lieutenant Appenzeller was billeting officer for his compan}' during its 
nearly 300-kilometer hike from France, which was made in thirteen days of 
actual marching. 

ARMSTRONG, FREDERICK L., enlisted at Pittsfield, Mass., May 9, 
1917. After two weeks' training at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., he was assigned to 
Battery A, 7th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex., and 
sailed for France July 28, 1917. The 7th landed at St. Nazaire, August 13, 
1917, and was in the lines continuously, except when going from one sector 
to another, for eleven months, from January, 1918, until the armistice, 
November 11, 1918. 

Mr. Armstrong was made corporal on November 14, 1917, and was 
gunner corporal the rest of the time in the service. He was on the front in 
the Ansauville Sector, near Toul, from January 15 to April 3, 1918. 

His division held this sector as part of the 32nd Corps of 1st French 
Army, and was in the Montdidier Sector, Picardy, April 25 to July 8, 1918. 
The capture of Cantigny was made May 28, where the 1st Division was part 
of the 6th Corps of the 1st French Army. A forced march was made to take 
part in the Soissons drive. Guns were in position laid ready to fire just one 
minute before the order came to open fire at the commencement of the bar- 
rage on the morning of July 18th. 

On the afternoon of July 19, Corporal Armstrong was wounded in the face 
and shoulder and sent to a hospital in Paris, and from there to a hospital 
at St. Nazaire. He rejoined the battery September 10, and took part in the 
St. Mihiel drive on September 12 and 13. 

After the armistice, No^•ember 11, the 1st Division hiked from Sedan, 
through Luxemburg, crossing the German frontier December 1, 1918, and 
across the Rhine at Coblenz, and to their German home for nine months near 
Montabaur. They left Germany the latter part of August, 1919, and landed at 
Hoboken September 1. Corporal Armstrong was discharged September 25, 
1919, at Camp Devers, Mass. 



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He received a citation from the brigade commander for returning to 
battery position during heavy bombardment by enemy v^^hich caused firing 
battery to take shelter, and putting out fires caused by incendiary enemy 
shell fire, saving the ammunition at the battery position, May 24, 1918. 

ARTHUR, EBER OSCAR, enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Sig- 
nal Corps of the United States Army and was sent to the United States 
Radio School, College Park, Md., for training. He received the commission 
of second lieutenant while at this school. He went overseas and was as- 
signed to Headquarters Air Service, Service of Supplies, American Expedi- 
tionary Force. 

Lieutenant Arthur was stationed at Orly flying field, outside of Paris, 
and was then sent to Romorantin and given complete charge of the installa- 
tion and testing of all radio and electrical apparatus on the airplanes sent from 
the United States. 

Lieutenant Arthur received the commission of first lieutenant while 
stationed at Romorantin. 

BARRICK, MERVIN JOSEPH, entered the army with the first draft 
quota from York County, September 20, 1917, and was sent to Camp Meade, 
Md. He was assigned to Company E, 316th Infantry, made supply sergeant 
October 24, 1917. On December 4, 1917, he was transferred as private to the 
camp utilities' detachment in the Filtration Department, and raised to cor- 
poral February 22, 1918, and sergeant April 6, 1918. On May 2, 1918, he was 
transferred to the Fourth Engineer Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, 
Va., as sergeant, and received a commission as second lietitenant, Engineer 
Corps, July 22, 1918. He was assigned to Company C, 311th Engineers, 
August 6, 1918, and went overseas with them, landing at Liverpool August 
20, and Le Havre August 23, 1918. From October 2 to November 10_, 1918, 
he attended the engineer school at Clamecy and Langres, and was with his 
company at Perigueux, repairing roads of the Dardogne Department from 
January 17 to May 18, 1919. 

Lieutenant Barrick returned to the United States June 19 and was dis- 
charged from the service July 21, 1919. 

BEAR, HERBERT KELLER, entered the military service November 
3, 1917, as a private in Company F, 315th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md., and 
was transferred to the Gas School, Field Training Section, Washington, D. C, 
as private. Sanitary Corps, November 19, 1917; commissioned first lieutenant. 
Sanitary Corps, November 19, 1917; and remained on duty at the Gas School; 
transferred to Camp Greenleaf, Ga., as chemical adviser to chief gas officer, 
December 29, 1917; commissioned in Engineer Corps, March 5, 1918; trans- 
ferred to Camp Upton, May 27, 1918, as chief gas officer with 184th Infantry 
Brigade ; transferred to Engineer Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 
July 4, 1918; commissioned in Chemical AVar Service, July 26, 1918; trans- 
ferred with Engineer Officers' Training Camp to Camp Humphreys, Va., 
August 10, 1918; transferred to Army Gas School, Camp Humphreys, August 
14, 1918; transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, as chief gas officer; comrnis- 
sioned in Field Artillery, and appointed personnel adjutant, 58th Field 
Artillery, December 17, 1918; transferred to 156th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Jackson, February 28, 1919; transferred to Headquarters, 156th Depot Bri- 
gade, March 5, 1919; furloughed as captain to Engineer Officers' Reserve 
Corps, March 10, 1919. 



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BREESE, MERL BROWN, enlisted in the service in May, 1917, and 
entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, at Madison Barracks, N. Y. 
On August 15, 1917, he was commissioned first lieutenant and assigned to 
the 303rd Engineers, 78th Division, Camp Dix, N. J., with which organiza- 
tion he went overseas in June, 1918. He returned to the United States in 
June, 1919, and was discharged upon the demobilization- of the 78th Division, 
having served with the 78th Division in its various engagements. 

BRENNECKE, RALPH C, was commissioned first lieutenant, Engi- 
neer Officers' Reserve Corps, .September 23, 1917. He entered the Engineer 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va., January S, 1918, and 
finished the course of training April 15. He was assigned to the 522nd 
Engineers, Service Battalion, Camp Humphreys, Va., May 1, 1918, and also 
assigned temporary commander of Company D, engaged in construction 
work during the building of the camp and a railroad into camp from Accotink, 
Va. He was appointed captain. Engineer Corps, June 13, 1918. 

Captain Brennecke entered the Walter Reed General Hospital, Wash- 
ington, D. C, July 3, 1918. While a patient at this hospital the 522nd 
Engineers sailed for France. He was discharged from the hospital, October 
23, 1918. 

He was assigned to the command of Company L, 4th Engineering Train- 
ing Regiment, Camp Humphreys, Va., October 23, 1918, and was discharged 
from the service December 7 of the same year. 

BROWN, EDWARD, entered military service in July, 1917, and began 
his training at West Pittston, Pa. He was then transferred to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., where he was selected regimental athletic director, and sent 
to division headquarters for a thorough physical training. 

On February 7, 1918, Mr. Brown was transferred to Headquarters Com- 
pany, 109th Field Artillery, School of Aerial Observers, Fort Sill, Okla., and 
sent overseas with the 50th Aero Squadron. He was commissioned first 
lieutenant. Air Service. 

CAMERON, ALEXANDER DOUGALD, enlisted in the New York 
National Guard early in 1917, and was assigned to the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 27, 1917. He was 
commissioned first lieutenant, November 27, in the Signal Officers' Reserve 
Corps, and later stationed at AVashington, D. C, as executive officer. Radio 
Division, Signal Corps. On April 4, 1918, he was promoted to captain. Signal 
Reserve Officers' Corps, and transferred overseas as special radio represent- 
ative, office of chief signal officer, France. He also served with the Division 
of Research and Inspection, and with the 82nd Division in the field. Captain 
Cameron was discharged February 28, 1919, with the rank of major, Signal 
Officers' Reserve Corps. 

CAMPION, HENRY THOMAS, registered for the draft with the Ameri- 
can consul at Colon, Republic of Panama, while employed by the Panama 
Canal. He was inducted into the service May 19, 1918, as private, Sani- 
tary Corps, and commissioned second lieutenant. Sanitary Corps, October 
15, 1918. He was transferred to Yale Army Laboratory School, New Haven, 
Conn., where he remained until January 15, 1919. From January 20 to 
August 22, 1919, Lieutenant Campion was at Erie Proving Ground, Ohio, 
as sanitary inspector and bacteriologist and was discharged at Camp Dix, 
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A D. CAMBEON 




M Q C ORRBTT 




L S. CLARK 




L. A CUTHBERT 





D. J. DODGHBRTY 



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BDGAR T. KLLIS 



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CORBETT, MATT QUAY, enlisted in the Navy, April, 1917, as lands- 
man for machinist's mate, and proceeded to Pensacola, Fla., for aviation 
duty. He was reassigned to dirigible duty at Akron, Ohio, during the sum- 
mer of 1917. He trained in "lighter than air," and was commissioned ensign 
at Pensacola, on February 1, 1918, qualifying as naval aviator (dirigibles) at 
this station. He was ordered to Hampton Roads, Va., for kite-balloon duty 
and dirigible duty with the fleet in the spring of 1918. He was promoted to 
lieutenant, junior grade, and assigned to duty in the office of Chief of Naval 
Operations (aviation), Washington, in June, 1918. He was ordered abroad 
as dirigible pilot late in the summer of 1918, and reported to the U. S. Naval 
Station, Paimboeuf, France. He was assigned to submarine patrol aboard 
dirigible P-4, until the armistice was signed. On his return to the United 
States he was assigned to duty, February 1, 1919, in Naval Operations (avia- 
tion), Washington, D. C, and received promotion to lieutenant, dating Oc- 
tober 1, 1918. He was reassigned, as dirigible designing and test pilot. 
Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Lieutenant Corbett applied for and received inactive duty orders on 
April 15, 1919. 

CLARK, LUTHER STEELE, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant. Field Artillery, and assigned to Battery B, 335th Field 
Artillery. He was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, May 8, 1918. From 
May 10 to August, 1918, he held the following positions at Camp Jackson : 
range supply and range officer; assistant ordnance officer; and assistant 
regimental inspector, 5th Field Artillery, Replacement Depot. He was ath- 
letic officer, 5th Regiment, and police officer, 5th Field Artillery, Replace- 
ment Depot, from August to September, 1918. 

Lieutenant Clark was in command of Battery B, 5th Field Artillery 
Replacement Depot, during August, September and October, 1918, and was 
commissioned first lieutenant. Field Artillery, September 27, 1918. He was 
discharged from the service December 5, 1918, and recommissioned in the 
Officers' Reserve Corps as first lieutenant. 

COTTOM, THOMAS IRVING, was commissioned first lieutenant 
Medical Corps, August 15, 1917, and ordered to active duty. Fort Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga., October 3, 1917, in Medical Officers' Training Camp. From 
November 27, 1917, to January 31, 1918, he was on duty with 80th Field 
Artillery. On February 1, 1918, he was transferred to United States General 
Hospital No. 14, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., for duty. He received the rank of 
captain. Medical Corps, May 5, 1918, and was discharged from service March 
28, 1919, at United States General Hospital No. 14, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

CUTHBERT, LOUIE ALBRIGHT, from May to August, 1917, was at 
the Candidate Officers' Training Camp, Third Provisional Training Regiment, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., when he was commissioned first lieutenant. Infantry, 
Officers' Reserve Corps. He was sent to the School of Trench Warfare, at 
Harvard University, attached to the 307th Infantry, at Camp Upton, L. I., to 
the 318th Infantry, at Camp Lee, Va., then was assigned to command the 
Machine Gun Company, 318th Infantry. He was commissioned captain, in 
the National Army, and in January, 1918, sent to the Machine Gun School, 
Camp Lee, Va., and to the Machine Gun School at Fort Sill, Okla. After 
sailing for France with the 80th Division, May 22, 1918, he went to the 
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went into the Picardy sector. Captain Cuthbert attended the Gas School at 
Chaumont, went back to the Picardy sector, and thereafter participated in the 
engagements at St. Mihiel and twice in the Meuse-Argonne. On March 6, 
1919, he was appointed Regimental Adjutant, in May sailed for home, and 
on June 6, 1919, was discharged, at Camp Lee, Va. 

DAVIS, EMERSON F., entered the First Battery, Training School for 
Officers, Camp Dix, N. J., January 5, 1918, was graduated with recommenda- 
tion for commission, and assigned to Battery F, 307th Field Artillery, Camp 
Dix, April 18. He was transferred to 10th Battalion, Field Artillery, Re- 
placement Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, May 4, 1918, and commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant June 1. 

Lieutenant Davis was transferred to American Expeditionary Forces 
and sailed June 21, 1918. Upon reaching France he was assigned to Saumur 
Artillery School, and was graduated from this school October 1, 1918. Later 
he was assigned to the Heavy Artillery School, Angers, France, and was 
graduated in the Line Officers' Course, November 2, 1918, in the Orinteur 
Officers' Course, November 30, 1918. He was assigned to the 7lst Artillery, 
Coast Artillery Corps, and remained on duty with his regiment in France 
until its return to the United States February 22, 1919. He was honorably 
discharged at Camp Dix March 5, 1919. 

DEVEREAUX, ROBERT, JR., enlisted in the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant of Infantry, November 27, 191-7, with assignment in the 54th 
Infantry, Regular Army. He was transferred to the 18th Machine Gun 
Battalion as supply officer and commissioned first lieutenant of Infantry, 
May 17, 1918. 

Lieutenant Devereaux was detailed to the Advance School Detachment, 
1st Corps School, Gondrcourt, Meuse, France. He rejoined the 18th Machine 
Gun Battalion as commanding officer of Company D, in the Vosges moun- 
tains, Metzeral Sector, Alsace, France, and was forty days in the trenches. 
He was attached to the IS 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd (Rainbow) Di- 
vision, in the Argonne drive, from October 28 to November 3, 1918. He 
rejoined the 18th Machine Gun Battalion at Stenay, France, November 5, 
1918, and was in the drive to Sedan until November 11, 1918. 

Lieutenant Devereaux was taken ill on November 11, 1918, and evacuated 
to base hospital. He was discharged from Base Hospital, No. 30, December 
31, 1919, and was assigned to the 338th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division. 
On February 15, 1919, he was sent on detached service to the University of 
Toulouse, France, and was commanding officer and dean of the faculty of 
civil engineers. University of Toulouse, from March 1 to July 1, 1919. He 
sailed from Brest on the tj. S. S. Zeppelin, July 19, 1919, and was discharged 
from Camp Dix, N. J., August 15, 1919. 

DEVERS, PHILIP K, JR., enlisted in the Aviation Section, Balloon 
Division, Signal Corps, and was sent to Fort Omaha, Neb., as a candidate for 
commission. After finishing the ground school and preliminary flying course 
he was transferred to Camp John Wise, Texas, June 13, 1918, where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant, Air Service, on August 2, 1918, with the 
rating of aerial observer. 

DIEHL, JOHN LINN, after enlisting in the service was transferred 
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offensive, October 16 to November 11, 1918, with the 26th Engineers. He 
was transferred to Headquarters, D. C. & F. Tours. He was on the con- 
struction of a filter plant at Mentoir during February and March, 1919, and 
was sergeant in charge of the filter plant at Savenay, April to July, 1919. His 
rank was first-class sergeant. 

DOUGHERTY, DANIEL JOSEPH, on May 12, 1917, entered the First 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was assigned to 
Company 3, 1st Battalion, Infantry, 3rd Provisional Regiment. In August, 
1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry and was ordered 
to Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned to Company F, 316th Infantry, 
and remained with that company until December, 1917, when he was trans- 
ferred to Company M, 316th Infantry. While at Camp Meade he was a 
battalion instructor in topography, and grenades and explosives. In Febru- 
ary, 1918, Lieutenant Dougherty was assigned to Company G, 316th Infantry, 
with which company he served until it sailed on May 16, 1919, from St. 
Nazaire, France, for the United States. 

The 316th Infantry sailed out of New York harbor July 9, 1918, on the 
Agamemnon, arriving at Brest, France, July 18. At midnight, July 20, camp 
was broken and the 316th entrained for the hamlet of Percy-le-Petit, which 
was their training area. 

On August 21, 1918, while training his men in the use of hand grenades, 
a fragment from a bursting grenade struck Lieutenant Dougherty in the 
neck. He was taken to the battalion Infirmary for treatment. 

On September 8, 1918, the 316th Regiment left the training area. They 
detrained at Revigny, and marched to Tremont, a hamlet near Bar-le-Duc. 
Until September 14, 1918, they remained there, when within sight of Mont- 
faucon, held by the Germans, they took over a section of the trenches. This 
was in preparation for the drive of September 26. 

At 11 P. M., September 25, 1918, when the artillery opened up, prepara- 
tion of the infantry for attack was begun. Malancourt was taken the first 
day with few losses. On the second day, after hard fighting, Montfaucon 
was taken with heavy losses. On September 29, 1918, near Nantillois, Lievi- 
tenant Dougherty was wounded when a 77-millimeter high explosive shell 
burst over him and his men. A fragment of the shell hit a Very pistol, 
which hung in his belt and tore the muzzle end completely off. A piece 
of steel hit each thigli and went through each leg, but neither piece struck 
the bone. Another piece of shell went through his haversack and half 
way through a can of corned beef, thus saving his back. The concussion 
so benumbed Lieutenant Dougherty's legs that he thought they were gone. 
However, in a few moments he could walk, and he went forward again. 

The company was reorganized, and out of two hundred and thirty-two 
men and six officers, only two officers remained, and each had eight men. 
While Lieutenant Dougherty was at the field hospital near Montfaucon it 
was shelled, twenty-three men being killed within a short time. After pass- 
ing through the clearing station at Souilly, Lieutenant Dougherty was sent 
by train to Base Hospital, No. 32, at Contrexeville in the Vosges mountains. 
From there he was discharged on November 12, 1918. 

On November 16, 1918, Lieutenant Dougherty returned to the 316th 
Regiment and on November 19 he was ordered to the 3rd Corps Infantry 
Schools at Clamecy, France. He returned to the regiment on January 9, 1919. 
During January he was battalion instructor in English for the illiterates. He 
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In March he was detailed to take a regimental contingent of three hundred 
and fifty men to the Mont Blanc Alpine Leave Area at St. Gervais. On April 

I, 1919, he was appointed battalion exchange officer. In April and May he 
acted as Battalion Transport Officer and battalion supply officer. He was 
commissioned first lieutenant of infantry, in May, 1919. At the organization 
of the 79th Division Veterans Association, at Reze, France, Lieutenant 
Dougherty was elected a director to represent the First Battalion. 

On his way home Lieutenant Dougherty was attached to the staff of 
officers at Fort du Bouguen, under Colonel William Taylor, 27th Division, 
and placed in charge of barracks and details of casual troops. In June he was 
placed in charge of casual men married overseas to European girls. On July 

II, 1919, Lieutenant Dougherty received sailing orders, and on July 18 ar- 
rived at Hoboken. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., on August 5, 1919. 

ELLIS, EDGAR YOUNGMAN, entered the service, March 3, 1918, as 
private in the Medical Corps, Fort Riley, Kan. On March 25, 1918, he was 
detailed to the Central Laboratory School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to take 
a course in bacteriology. He sailed for overseas August 29, 1918. He was 
appointed sergeant, September 25 and first class sergeant November 23. He 
was assigned as technician at Base Hospital, No. 81, at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, 
Vosges, France. 

Sergeant Ellis sailed for the United States June 3, 1919, and was dis- 
charged from Camp Dix, N. J., June 23, 1919. 

FILBERT, ROBERT BROBST, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and at the end of the course was com- 
missioned captain. He was assigned to the 311th Machine Gun Battalion, 
Company B, 79th Division, at Camp Meade, Md., where he received his train- 
ing. He landed in France July 15, 1918, and was sent to the Verdun sector, 
September 13. 

Captain Filbert participated in the Meuse-Argonne drive on September 
26, 1918, Montfaucon being the objective. He was gassed at Montfaucon 
about October 1, 1918. He returned to the United States and was discharged 
at the Walter Reed Hospital, April 12, 1919. 

FORSYTHE, JOHN FRED, enlisted in the Tank Corps and trained 
three weeks at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa. He finished training in France 
just before the armistice was signed. He spent eleven months in France. 

FOSTER, WILLIAM HAROLD, enlisted in the United States Naval 
Reserve Force May 21, 1917, with the rate of coxswain, and was stationed at 
the Philadelphia Navy Yards. He qualified for the First Officers' Reserve 
Class at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and was commissioned 
ensign on September 14, 1917. His next detail of duty was that of boarding 
officer, assigned to the Ship Inspection Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa. In January, 
1918, he was made officer in charge of the Ship Inspection Bureau, which 
had supervision over all the merchant shipping in or out of the port of 
Philadelphia. Ensign Foster was relieved from active duty, December 17, 
1918, and at the time received a letter of commendation from the Board of 
Awards, United States Navy, regarding his executive control of the above 
bureau. 

GAFFENY, FRANK EUGENE, was enrolled in the United States 
Naval Reserve Corps on April 11, 1918, and called into active service April 22, 
1918, at Norfolk, Va. His rank was chief machinist's mate. He spent four 



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JESSE IS. HEl'LER 




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months at Norfolk, laying out barracks, sewers, paves, etc., at the Hampton 
Roads Naval Base. He was then transferred to the Naval Proving Grounds, 
Indian Head, Md., there he was in charge of a surveying corps on the con- 
struction of twelve miles of railroad. He was mustered out on December 
18, 1918. 

GLENN, WILLIAM SCHAEFFER, JR., was commissioned f^rst lieu- 
tenant, Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, July 27, 1917, and assigned to the 
Government X-ray School, Jefferson hospital, Philadelphia. He trained as 
an X-ray specialist for four months and was then ordered to the first Govern- 
ment Base Hospital, No. 116, to be organized. The staff of this hospital was 
mobilized at the Seventy-First Regiment Armory, New York City. Lieu- 
tenant Glenn sailed for France, March 24, 1918. He was with Base Hospital, 
No. 116, at Bazailles, France, until July 24, 1918, at which time he was 
ordered to a French hospital at Tours, to study the French X-ray apparatus. 

On August 24, 1918, Lieutenant Glenn was ordered to report to Mobile 
Hospital, No. 5, which was mobilizing in Paris. On September 24, 1918, 
he entered the Meuse-Argonne offensive and advanced with the army until 
the armistice was signed, November 11, 1918. He reported back to Base 
Hospital, No. 116, January 2, 1919, and on February 17, 1919, was promoted 
to the rank of captain. Medical Corps. On March 29, 1919, Base Hospital, 
No. 116, was ordered to Nantes, where the staff members were assigned new 
duties. Captain Glenn on May 2, 1919, proceeded to Vannes to act as com- 
manding officer for fifty nurses returning to the United States. They were 
ordered to Brest May 4, and sailed from Brest on the Imperator, May 16, 
arriving in New York, May 23, 1919. This unit demobilized at Camp Dix 
May 24, 1919. 

GOODYEAR, NORTON MILLER, was appointed first lieutenant, Field 
Artillery Corps, November 27, 1917, and assigned to duty January 22, 1918, 
to the 128th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Division, located at Camp 
Doniphan, Okla. He was detached from duty about March 20, 1918, and 
accompanied an advance overseas' detail. He attended the Second Corps, 
Artillery School, at Montigny-sur-Aube, France. He rejoined his regiment 
and commanded Battery D, 128th Field Artillery, until September 10, 1918, 
when he was made operation officer for the regiment. He was promoted to 
captain, October, 1918. 

Captain Goodyear took part in the following engagements : Gerademer 
Sector ; Reserve in St. Mihiel, Argonne, Verdun Sector ; Sommedieu Front, 
acting with the 81st Division on offensive of November 11, 1918. Later was 
assigned for duty at the American Expeditionary Force University, Beaune, 
Cote d'Or, France, he arrived in the United States on July 8, 1919, on the 
U. S. S. Oklahoma, and was mustered out of service July 11, 1919. 

GRAY, ALEXANDER B., enlisted at Fort Myer, Va., September 6, 

1917, was stationed at Kelly Field, from September 10 to November 15, 1917, 
and received his commission as first lieutenant, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps 
(Aviation Section), November 20, 1917. From this date until February 16, 

1918, Lieutenant Gray was supply officer, 46th Aero Squadron, Garden City, 
Field No. 2. He was assigned to 142nd Aero Squadron from February 16 to 
26. He sailed from Hoboken, N. J., February 16, and placed in command 
of the 140th Aero Squadron February 26. After landing in England the 
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stationed until March 4, 1918. Lieutenant Gray entered School No. 1, 
Navigation and Bomb Dropping (British), and remained there until August 
24. He was made commanding officer of the American detachment at this 
school. From this time until November 18 he was stationed at Ford Junction, 
Sussex, in the American camp, and from this date until December 1 at the 
American camp at Knotty Ash. 

Lieutenant Gray was relieved from duty with the 140th Aero Squadron 
November 24 and assigned to Casual Squadron. He sailed from England for 
the United States on December 1, and arrived at Hoboken December 10. He 
received his discharge December 27, 1918. 

GUYER, JAMES RAYMOND, enlisted at a candidate in the Second 
Reserve Officers" Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 23, 1917, 
and was commmissioned second lieutenant of infantry, November 27, 1917. 
He was assigned to the 53rd Infantry at Camp Forest, Ga., November 27, 
1917, transferred to the 304th Cavalry, Camp Stanley, Tex., February 1, 1918, 
transferred to the 43rd Field Artillery August 10; and then to Camp Wads- 
worth, S. C, Provisional Corps, 4th Pioneer Infantry, August 20. 

Lieutenant Guyer embarked for overseas September 23, 1918, and landed 
at St. Nazaire, France, October 6. On October 26, he was assigned to the 
306th Infantry, 77th Division, and joined them in the Argonne Forest at 
Grand Pre. On November 6, he was transferred to the 18th Infantry, 1st 
Division, which finished their campaign November 11, 1918, at Sedan. He 
was assigned November 20, 1918, to the Army of Occupation which marched 
into Germany, and established Division Headquarters at Montabaur, Ger- 
many, he remained there until August 18, 1919. Lieutenant Guyer reached 
the United States on September 4, 1919, and received his discharge from 
Company M, 18th Infantry, September 24, 1919. Lieutenant Guyer received 
with the 18th Infantry, the award of the regimental citation cord, and the 
Fourragere of the Croix de Guerre by the French, on August 25, 1919, at 
Brest. 

HECKERMAN, CALTON LANE, enlisted in the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Field Artillery. He was ordered to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, 
Ga., where he was assigned to the 320th Field Artillery and later went over- 
seas with that unit. 

Lieutenant Heckerman was recommended for distinguished service with 
the 320th Field Artillery. The regimental commander issued an order on 
October 14, 1918, in which he commended the work done by Lieutenant 
Heckerman and five other men on the night of October 12, in establishing 
and maintaining telephone and projector communication with observers in 
the infantry front line, in the face of heavy shell fire. He was twice wounded 
in action and was promoted to first lieutenant, Field Artillery, in July, 1918. 

HARKNESS, VERNON FAIRBANK, enrolled on November 20, 1917, 
in the United States Naval Reserve Force with the rank of lieutenant 
junior grade and was assigned to the U. S. S. San Diego, for electrical duty. 
This ship was attached to the cruiser force of the Atlantic Fleet, and was 
engaged in convoy duty until sunk in July, 1918. In July he was ordered to 
proceed to Manila, P. I., and was assigned to duty as assistant engineer 
officer of the Naval Station at Olongapo. He was promoted to rank of lieu- 
tenant September 21, 1918. Lieutenant Harkness was detached from duty 
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and attached to the 12th Naval District, San Francisco, from March 1 to 
April 1, 1919. 

HASSLER, JOSEPH AUGUSTUS, entered the First Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and was discharged from the Camp, 
June 24th. He entered the Ordnance Department as inspector of refrigera- 
tion, November, 1917, and was detailed to Edgewood, Md. 

HEIBEL, WALTER EDWARD, entered the Third Engineer Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., January 4, 1918. He left Camp 
Lee in April, 1918, as first lieutenant, for duty at the General Engineer 
Depot, Production Division, Washington, D. C. Li July, 1918, he was 
transferred to office of the chief of engineers and assigned to duty with the' 
power section. War Industries Board. 

In September, while with the power section, he was assigned to duty 
in southwestern District. 

Lieutenant Heibel was discharged from service in December, 1918. 

KELLER, FRANK OTTO, enlisted in 1917, in the Ordnance Depart- 
ment. He was appointed inspector of structural steel work at the gunpowder 
reservation, Edgewood, Md. 

HEPLER, JESSE RAYMOND, was engaged during the war almost 
entirely in stimulating food production in market gardening in New Hamp- 
shire. He wrote three publications on the growing and storing of vegetables 
and assisted in the war garden campaign in New Hampshire. 

On November 6, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the 
Quartermaster's Corps to oversee the growing of vegetables by prisoners in 
France, but after finishing a four weeks' training course at Camp Meigs, 
Washington, D. C, he received his discharge, December 8, 1918. 

KELLY, ALBERT TALLMAN, enlisted in the United States Marines 
and was sent to Paris Island, S. C, for training, and was recommended to 
attend the Marine Officers' Corps Training Camp. He was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Marine Reserve Corps, and appointed instructor in the Marine 
Officers' Training Camp, Quantico, Va. 

KITCHEN, ERNEST, entered the Engineer Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Lee, Va., in 1917. 

KOHLER, EDWIN PHILIP, was called to the colors and sent to 
Camp Lee, Va., for training, April 27, 1918. On May 7, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to agricultural service as foreman on Curies Neck Farm, Richmond, 
Va. He was released from service on August 31, 1918. 

LAWRENCE, NORMAN M., entered the Second Officers' Reserve 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant. Officers' Reserve Corps (Infantry), November 27, 1917. He was 
attached to the 325th Infantry, Camp Gordon, Georgia. December 15, 1917, 
and assigned to Supply Company, 325th Infantry, 82nd Division, March 
1, 1918. 

Lieutenant Lawrence sailed from Hoboken, N. J., April 25, 1918, landed 
in Liverpool, May 8, and Le Havre, France, May 13. He participated in the 
following actions : Toul Sector, June 26 to August 6, 1918 ; Marbache Sector, 
August 15 to September 11; St. Mihiel Offensive, September 12 to 16; 
Marvache Sector, September 17 to 20; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 
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From November 1 to 11, Lieutenant Lawrence was acting regimental 
supply officer of the 325th Infantry. On November 11 he was appointed 
captain of infantry, and made regimental supply officer of the ^25th. He 
sailed from Bordeaux, France, April 27, landed in New York May 11, and 
received his discharge May 22, 1919. 

LONG, HERMAN EARL, was admitted to Camp Meade, December 
6, 1917. He was made corporal, Company C, 304th Field Signal Battalion, 
March, 1918, and sailed for France with this unit July 8, 1918. 

Corporal Long received slight shrapnel wounds at the battle of Mont- 
faucon in the Meuse-Argonne, September 28, 1918, and was sent to the base 
hospital at Tours for treatment. He was made sergeant. Signal Corps, Oc- 
tober 1, 1918, and discharged from the hospital November 8, 1918. He be- 
came attached to Company C, 318th Infantry, November 20, as a casual. 

Sergeant Long landed at Newport News, Va., May 27, 1919, with the 
same unit, and was discharged from Camp Lee, Va., June 6, 1919. 

McENTIRE, FRED EARL, was appointed captain, of the Ordnance 
Department, Production Section, Carriage Division, December, 1917, and 
was discharged from the Plant Facilities Section, Production Division, Janu- 
ary 17, 1919. 

McWHINNEY, CLIFFORD DEAN, entered the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and on August 15, 1917, 
was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry. He was assigned to Camp 
Meade, Md., transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and later assigned to the 
8th Regiment Infantry. He spent some time at Camp McClellan, Ala., Camp 
Jackson, S. C, and Camp Wadsworth, S. C. 

On July 18, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and assigned to 
Company L, 54th Pioneer Infantry. He sailed from Newport News, Va., 
August 28, 1918, and saw service in France. After the armistice was signed 
he was transferred to the Army of Occupation. 

MARKHAM, CARL WILLIAM, was commissioned captain. Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, June 23, 1917, and assigned to active duty August 6, 

1917. He was appointed superintendent at the Engineer Depot, Washington, 
D. C, October 3, 1917, and commander of the 437th Engineer Detachment, 
October 8. On August 12, 1918, Captain Markham was appointed senior 
member of the board of officers to recommend applicants for the Central 
Officers' Training Camp. He was appointed motor transport officer for the 
Engineer Corps in Washington, D. C, September, 1918. On April 2, 1919, he 
was relieved from duty as superintendent. Engineer Depot, and appointed 
zone storage officer for Washington Zone. Captain Markham was recom- 
mended for "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service" on May 21, 
1919. He was honorably discharged as major of engineers, October 14, 1919. 

MENDLER, CARL HERBERT, entered the service as private January 
23, 1918, at Fort Slocum, N. Y., and remained until March 17, when he was 
ordered to the Provisional Railway Reinforcement Regiment being organized 
at Camp Grant. He left the United States March 28, 1918, as a casual to the 
19th Engineers, then in France. Upon arrival at St. Nazaire, he was assigned 
to the 1st Provisional Railway Operating Battalion as division car foreman 
of the Anjou Division, 14th Grand Division, T. C, which was just in the 
process of organization. He was appointed first-class sergeant June 16, 

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1918, was promoted to first lieutenant, on May 2, 1919. During the entire 
period of his service in France he performed the duties of division car fore- 
man of the Anjou Division, 14th Grand Division, T. C, with headquarters 
at Montoir, France. He returned to the United States October 14, 1919, 
and was discharged as first lieutenant, October 16, 1919. 

METZGER, EARL H., for five years prior to the entrance of the 
United States into the war, was lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps, and 
had seen service on the Mexican border. From January to May, 1917, he 
was taking the advanced course at the Coast Artillery, School, Fort Monroe, 
Va. On May 15 he was promoted to captain. Coast Artillery Corps. From 
June until November, 1917, he served as a company commander. Fort Win- 
field Scott, San Francisco, Cal. 

Captain Metzger sailed for France December 12, 1917, on the U. S. S. 
Covington. He was assigned to the command of Battery G, 52nd Artillery, 
Coast Artillery Corps, which was then in training at Haussimont, Marne. In 
March he moved to the Lorraine front and in July to the Toul front, where he 
took part in the St. Mihiel ofifensive. In September he moved with his battery 
to the Verdun front along the Meuse river. During these operations he was 
promoted to major. Coast Artillery Corps (temporary), and assigned to com- 
mand of the 2nd Battalion, 52nd Artillery. Armistice day found Major 
Metzger and his battalion along the heights of the river Meuse, northwest of 
Verdun, firing across the river. 

In December this regiment sailed for home, but Major Metzger remained 
in France. In January, 1919, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Coast 
Artillery Corps (temporary). 

July 16, he sailed for the United States on the French liner, Rochambeau, 
from Le Havre, and arrived in New York July 25. 

MILLER, JOHN HENRY, entered military service May 25, 1918, and 
was sent to Camp Meade, Md., May 27, where he was attached to Company 
E, 315th Infantry, and about June 10 to Headquarters Company, 315th In- 
fantry, Signal Platoon. A few days afterwards he was assigned to 315th 
Infantry, Regimental Intelligence Section, and made private first-class. 

On July 9, 1918, Mr. Miller sailed from Hoboken on transport America, 
and landed at Brest July 19, 1918. After three days in Brest he crossed 
France to the Prauthoy training area, where he trained until early in Septem- 
ber. He was then sent to the St. Mihiel sector, and about September 14 the 
regiment went into the trenches to the left of Hill 304, in front of Montfaucon. 
On September 26 the regiment went over the top in the big Argonne drive. 
After five days the division was taken out and sent to a quiet front to_ re- 
organize and get replacements. About October 28 the 315th was sent into 
the drive again near Brabant. About November 14, 1918, he was transferred 
to the Intelligence Section, 158th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, and was 
with them until discharged. He sailed from St. Nazaire, France, May 19, 
1919, and landed at Newport News, May 30, 1919. He was discharged June 
10, 1919. 

MILLER, JOHN WASHINGTON, enlisted in the service and was 
assigned to Company B, Pennsylvania Regiment, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

MILHOLLAND, JAMES, entered the Third Reserve Officers' Training 
School January 5, 1918, at Camp Dix, N. J. At the end of three months' 
training he was recommended for commission of second lieutenant in the 
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duty as a sergeant until June 1, 1918. He received his commission as second 
lieutenant in the Field Artillery, June 1, 1918, and was attached to Battery 
B, 10th Battalion, Field Artillery Reserve Corps. 

Lieutenant Milholland was transferred overseas to attend the Artillery 
School at Saumar, France, and arrived in France July 5, 1918. Upon the 
completion of his course at Saumar Artillery School, he was assigned to the 
336th Regiment, Field Artillery, and a few days later was assigned to. the 
8th Field Artillery of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade of the 7th Division of 
the United States Army. He remained with this organization until he re- 
turned from France June 21, 1919. He was discharged from the service 
June 28, 1919. 

MOFFITT, HERBERT RAY, was commissioned first lieutenant Engi- 
neers' Reserve Corps, May 5, 1918, and assigned to Engineer Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., May 11. He was transferred to Camp 
Humphreys, Va., June 24, and assigned to the 473rd Regiment, Engineers. 
On July 28, 1918, he was recommissioned first lieutenant. Chemical Warfare 
Service, and assigned to Fort Sill, Okla., as assistant gas officer. He was 
discharged December 20, 1918. 

MONTGOMERY, ARCHIBALD GRAHAM, enlisted in the Second 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn. He was commissioned 
as first lieutenant, and assigned to the 76th Field Artillery, Camp Shelby, 
Hattiesburg, Miss. Lieutenant Montgomery took part in the following en- 
gagements: Champagne-Marne Defense, July 15-18, 1918; St. Mihiel ofi^en- 
sive, July 18 to August 2, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, October 4 to November 11, 
1918. He was in the Army of Occupation from December 1, 1918, to June 
15, 1919. He received his discharge July 15, 1919. Through the entire war 
period Lieutenant Montgomery served with the 3rd Division, 76th Field 
Artillery. 

MORRISON, CHESTER BEAVER, served as second lieutenant with 
Ice Plant Co. 301 in France in connection with the meat storage and ice 
plant in the Quartermaster's Department. 

NEIDIG, WILLIAM NISLEY, was appointed first lieutenant. Aviation 
Section, Signal Reserve Corps, November 22, 1917, and assigned to the Engi- 
neering Branch, Signal Corps, on construction of aviation fields. In January, 
1918, he was reassigned to the 461st Aero Squadron, and in February, 1918, 
placed in charge of the Mechanical Branch of the Construction Section, Signal 
Corps, Washington, D. C, with supervision over mechanical work on con- 
struction of aviation fields and department of military aeronautics construc- 
tion activities. 

Lieutenant Neidig was promoted to captain. Air Service, Aeronautics, 
August 28, 1918. He remained in Washington, D. C, until February 10, 1919, 
when he was discharged from active service. 

NOWELL, CARROLL COOK, enlisted in the service and was sent to 
Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned to Company F, 315th Infantry, 
October 5, 1917. On October 18 he was transferred to Headquarters Com- 
pany, 307th Engineers, Camp Gordon, Ga. He was promoted to private, first 
class, March 1, 1918, and on March 28 to sergeant, in command of the 
mounted section of Headquarters Company, 307th Engineers. He liked this 
branch of the service so much that he refused an opportunity to enter Of- 
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RALPH E. RIBLET 




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PINNER, RALPH FRANKLIN, enlisted July 21, 1917, in the 109th 
Ambulance Company, 28th Division. He was promoted to grade of sergeant 
and sent overseas in May, 1918. He was in the Chateau Thierry Offensive 
to the Vesle river, and in the Argonne Offensive until October 5, 1918, when 
he was blinded by mustard gas while caring for the wounded near Apremont. 
A few days before he was gassed, single handed and unarmed, he captured 
seven German prisoners one evening in Varennes during the beginning of 
the Meuse-Argonne drive. After four months' hospital experience he regained 
his sight and was sent to the University of Clermont-Ferrand until his return 
to America. 

PIOLLET, THOMAS WIERMAN, was attached to the 357th Aerial 
Squadron, Hazelhurst Field No. 1, Mineola, N. Y. 

POWELL, THOMAS WILLIAM, enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps 
August 8, 1917, at Butte, Mont., and reported at once to enlisted specialist 
school, Fort Winfield Scott, San Francisco, Cal. On November 1, 1917, he 
was made assistant engineer, Coast Artillery Corps, and transferred to Fort 
Worden, Coast Defense of Puget Sound, Washington ; April 1, 1918, trans- 
ferred to the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., commissioned 
lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, and transferred to Fort Baker, Coast De- 
fense of San Francisco. He was discharged December 5, 1918. 

RIBLET, RALPH ERNEST, tried to enlist in the American and Ca- 
nadian war forces several times. He attended an Officers' Training Camp 
for a brief time. He enlisted in the 23rd Engineers, November 12, 1917, and 
was promoted to private, first class, December 13, 1917. He served for fifteen 
months overseas including a few days at the front in the Meuse-Argonne 
drive. After returning to the United States, he was discharged July 15, 1919. 

RIDDLE, WILLIAM M., received the commission of first lieutenant. 
Engineer Corps, from civilian life, September 1, 1918. He reported on Sep- 
tember 21 for duty at General Engineer Depot, where he acted as production 
officer. He was transferred to the office of Zone Supply Officer, New York 
City, reporting March 31, 1919. He was promoted to captain. Engineer 
Corps, August, 1919, and received his discharge October 30, 1919. 

ROBINSON, JOHN HARVEY, was drafted April 4, 1918, and assigned, 
April 14, to Company B, 314th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division, Camp 
Lee, Va. He embarked for overseas May 26, and trained on the Arras sector. 
He was appointed corporal, September 20, 1918, and took part in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 12, and from November 1 to 8, 
1918. He was in the hospital from November 16, 1918, to March 1, 1919. He 
returned to the United States January 22, 1919, and was discharged March 
15, 1919. 

SAMUEL, BYRON JONAS, enlisted as a private in the 24th Com- 
pany, Depot Brigade, Camp Lewis, Washington, and soon passed to first 
class private. He was transferred to the 13th Division, Ammunition Train, 
at Headquarters, as regimental supply sergeant, in charge of the horse bat- 
talion. He was later transferred to the Field Artillery Central Officers' Train- 
ing School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he was assigned to 
the 13th Observation Battalion. He was transferred to the 18th Training 
Battalion, at the same camp. He successfully passed the eight weeks' course 
and was honorably discharged, November 29, 1918. 



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SCHAFFER, FRED LEINBACH, was appointed first lieutenant, Ord- 
nance Reserve Corps, and was assigned to the motor section of the Ordnance 
Reserve Corps at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. 

SCHONOUR, THOMAS McLANE, enlisted as a private April 26, 
1918, and was ordered to Camp Upton, N. Y., where he was assigned to 
Camp Headquarters Company. He was promoted to sergeant, November 1, 
1918. On February 24, 1919, he was honorably discharged. 

SHARPE, GEORGE RAYMOND, entered the First Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 8, 1917, and received the com- 
mission of second lieutenant on August 14. He was assigned to the 311th 
Infantry, 78th Division, Camp Dix, N. J., and remained at this camp until 
September 7, 1917, when he was transferred to the 111th Infantry, 28th 
Division, at Camp Hancock, Ga. He was promoted to first lieutenant of 
infantry, on March 28, 1918, and sailed with the 111th for overseas on May 7, 
1918, as scout and intelligence officer. Lieutenant Sharpe was transferred 
from the 111th Infantry, 28th Division, and attached to the 55th Brigade on 
September 26, 1918. He was assigned to the 109th Infantry of the same 
division on October 27, and promoted to captain November 5, 1918. During 
his connection with the 55th Brigade, Captain Sharpe was aid de camp, 
acting adjutant, and operating officer. On January 28, 1919, Captain Sharpe 
became attached to the Second Army, American Expeditionary Force, and 
was on special duty as adjutant of the Second Army School for Caring and 
Management of Horses, until April 17, 1919. 

Captain Sharpe participated in the following battle engagements : Cham- 
pagne-Marne defensive, July 15-18, 1918; Aisne-Marne offensive, July 18 to 
August 6, 1918; Fisme sector, August 8-18, 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive, 
September 26 to October 12, 1918; Oise-Aisne offensive, October 25 to No- 
vember 11, 1918. 

*SLEPPY, KIRBY BALDWIN, about a month after war was declared, 
entered the First Officers' Training Camp at the Presidio, San Francisco, 
as first lieutenant, and at the end of the course was commissioned captain. 
He went to Vancouver, Wash., for three months' special training in engineer- 
ing as applied to modern warfare. He was transferred to Camp Green, N. C, 
and was assigned to the 4th Engineers, 4th Division Regulars, with which 
organization he sailed for France in May, 1918. Captain Sleppy commanded 
Company E, of this regiment. After a short period of training with the 
British, his division was sent into the line and participated in the Aisne- 
Marne offensive of July and August, 1918. 

Captain Sleppy was killed in action by enemy shell fire, on August 4, 
1918, while in the performance of his duties. His body was buried at the 
spot where it fell, Le Pres Farm, 1^ kilometers north of Chery-Chartreceve, 
and was later removed to the National cemeteries in the valley of the Marne, 
where it will be allowed to remain. 

*SMITH, MORELL, was called early in the draft, and under date of 
August 21, 1917, wrote as follows: "I was examined this morning at Mineola 
for the new army, and passed OK, waiving all claims for exemptiom My 
country has now called me for a definite service, and I am happy in the 
thought that I can measure up to the qualifications desired." He entered 
training at Camp Upton, L. I., soon being appointed first sergeant, Head- 
quarters Company, 306th Infantry, 77th Division. Later he became eligible 



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for the Reserve Officers' Training School, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant of Infantry June 1, 1918. 

Early in April Lieutenant Smith's division vv^as transported overseas and 
he became very soon brigaded with the British. In July, 1918, he was 
assigned to Company C, 310th Infantry, 78th Division. It was not until 
October, however, when the big drive began in the Argonne, that his 
division was called into the heat of the conflict. This division, in supporting 
the 77th Division, was called upon to meet the reinforcements of the Germans 
sent down to defend the approaches to Sedan, the great center line of Hun 
communications. Having attained a line of old entrenchments held by the 
Germans, on the evening of October 17, 1918, the associated companies of 
this regiment found themselves under very heavy fire, many of the of- 
ficers and men gone and the position well nigh untenable. Notwithstand- 
ing the seriousness of their position the remnants of the companies were 
reformed during the night under the command of two lieutenants of Com- 
pany C, the only officers left to take the command, and of which Lieu- 
tenant Smith was one. It was decided to reconnoiter in the very early 
hours of the morning of October 18, 1918. The first lieutenant fell seri- 
ously wounded, leaving the command to Lieutenant Smith. Soon after 
entering the Bois de Loges, beyond the entrenchments obtained the night 
before. Lieutenant Smith, his orderly, and a platoon sergeant, were 
found to be missing, and the company was forced to fall back. Lieutenant 
Smith and the two men, seen in his company a few minutes previously, 
entirely disappeared and have not since been seen. Whether Lieutenant 
Smith was killed, left on ground still held by the Germans, and buried by 
them, or whether he might have been seriously wounded and taken prisoner, 
dying on the way back to German lines or in their camps is not known. The 
official record until April 2, 1919, was "Missing in action." 

A cable from General Pershing to the parents under date of March 26, 
1919, stated : "Investigation still in progress. No doubt is entertained by 
Lieutenant Smith's comrades, and his superiors in command and other im- 
portant overseas connections of inquiry, that he has paid the extreme and 
exalted sacrifice of highest sense of duty. He is alluded to numerously as 
not only a man of superior talents but the highest attributes of gentlemanly 
character and high courage, as a man who obtained early and held the highest 
respect of his men and a deep sense of gratefulness for his sympathy and 
brotherly regard. To this man service and fellowship held high meaning 
indeed." 

The War Department has since reported Lieutenant Smith as "Killed 
in action." Post No. 440 of Pennsylvania, of the American Legion, at New- 
town, Pa., has been named The Morell Smith Post, in memory of Lieutenant 
Smith. 

SNYDER, JOHN MARSHALL, attended Engineer Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Humphreys, Va. 

SPENCER, ROBERT DOUGLAS, was commissioned first lieutenant 
Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, December 19, 1917, and called into active 
service May 1, 1918, being assigned to The Rockefeller Institute of Medical 
Research, New York City, where he received intensive laboratory training 
for one month. About May 15, he applied for a commission in the Regular 
Army, having passed the National Board of Medical Examiners, which the 
army recognized in lieu of its own. On June 1, he was assigned to the Army 
Medical School, Washington, D. C. For ten days he examined applicants for 



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MORBLL SMITH 





E. D. SPENCER 




C. T. STAII 




EDWARD STEIDLE 




ARTHUR L. STITT 




LEON B. SWARTZ 



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the army, and gave antityphoid injections to those going overseas. On June 
10, 1918, he vi^as assigned to the base hospital laboratory, Camp Humphreys, 
Va. About June 15, he was notified that he had failed to pass the physical 
examination for the Regular Army. Two days later he was placed in charge 
of the laboratory at Camp Humphreys. Lieutenant Spencer was discharged 
from service March 24, 1919. 

STAHLE, CHARLES THOMAS, was a first lieutenant in the Regular 
Army at the time war was declared and was stationed in the Philippine 
Islands. He was promoted to captain, Coast Artillery Corps, May 15, 1917, 
and sailed for France as a casual officer on January 15, 1918. He arrived 
at Brest, March 26, and after various delays was assigned to duty with the 
41st Division, or 1st Replacement Depot as it was later named. He served 
in the replacement office at Division Headquarters until May 10, 1918, and 
was then placed in command of the classification camp, where replacements 
from the States and men just out of the hospitals were sorted out and routed 
to their proper destinations. He was promoted to Major, Coast Artillery 
Corps, on August 2, 1918, and on December 8, was transferred to the em- 
barkation camp, Base Section No. 1, where he served as administrative 
adjutant until June 19, 1919, when he sailed for home. He reached New 
York June 30, 1919. 

STEIDLE, EDWARD, when the war broke out. Captain Steidle was a 
mining engineer with the United States Bureau of Mines. In November, 
1917, he enlisted in the 30th Engineers Gas and Flame Regiment, in San 
Francisco, Cal., and was commissioned first lieutenant in recognition of his 
experience with the Government bureau. The Gas and Flame Regiment, 
arrived in France December 14, 1917. 

During his first three months in France, Lieutenant Steidle served with 
the Special Brigade, Royal Engineers, British iVrmy, from Ypres to Loos. 
During this time he was gassed. After serving with the British Army he 
spent one month with the 26th Division on the Toul sector, and one month 
with the French Army. From that time he was attached to the American 
Army, in the Vosges, and saw service in every American offensive from 
Chateau Thierry to the close of the war. He was in command of Company 

D, 1st Gas Regiment. 

Captain Steidle was seriously wounded November 1, 1918, while attached 
with his company to the 5th Marines, 2nd Division, during the last Argonne 
drive. After returning from the hospital he was placed in command of the 
1st Battalion, 1st Gas Regiment. He was acting major by an order from 
General Headquarters. 

Captain Steidle was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross 
for meritorious work on the front in France, and for the Distinguished Service 
Medal for his ability as an organizer and leader. He arrived in the United 
States February 2, 1919, and was later discharged from service, from General 
Hospital No. 9, Lakewood, N. J. 

STEVENSON, K. S., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
at Fort Howard, May 11, 1917. He was commissioned captain. Coast Artil- 
lery Corps, at Maryland, Coast Defense of Baltimore, from August 29, 1917, 
to September 1, 1918. Captain Stevenson was in charge of cantonment con- 
struction, commanding 5th Company, Baltimore Motor Battery. He joined 
the 45th Regiment Heavy Artillery, Camp Eustis, Va., commanding Battery 

E, September 3, 1918. He sailed for France October 22, 1918, and on February 



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1, 1919, he returned to the United States, and was discharged February 
13, 1919. 

STITT, ARTHUR LEROY, on November 7, 1918, was appointed lieu- 
tenant. Civil Engineer Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He was detached 
from the Bureau of Yards and Docks and ordered to proceed to Paris for 
duty with the U. S. Naval Aviation Force, November 8, 1917. He reported 
November 26, 1917, to the public works officer, U. S. Naval Headquarters in 
Paris, and was assigned to duty at that office in connection with construction 
work for naval aviation work. On December 26, 1917, he was detached 
from duty at Headquarters, U. S. Naval Aviation Force, foreign service, 
Paris, and ordered to Queenstown Island for duty as public works officer, 
U. S. Naval Aviation Force. On July 24, 1918, Lieutenant Stitt's leg was 
crushed in an accident. He was then detached from all duties, and ordered 
to the United States, November 27, 1918. On April 18, 1919, he was relieved 
from all active duty. 

SUMMER, HARRIS NEWTON, entered the Second Artillery Officers' 
Training Camp, August 27, 1919, Fortress Monroe, and was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, November 21, 1917. He received 
overseas' assignment immediately, and attended French Tractor Artillery 
School, Vincennes, near Paris. During January and February, 1918, he was 
assigned to the 148th Field Artillery, Battery B, in training at Camp de 
Souge, and served also at training areas Bordeaux, Libourne, Toul, and 
Angers. Lieutenant Summer was appointed adjutant. Training Center No. 4, 
Heavy Artillery School, Angers. He was promoted to Captain, October 11, 
1918. Captain Summer, after returning to the United States, was mustered 
out March 19, 1919, and commissioned major, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, 
April 23, 1919. 

SWARTZ, LEON EMERSON, enlisted as master engineer, junior grade, 
in the 5th Reserve Engineers, at Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2, 1917, and was called 
into active service June 11, 1917, at the Oakmont Training Camp. He left 
the United States with the regiment July 9, 1917, for overseas service, on 
board the Baltic and landed at Liverpool, England, July 20, 1917. After a 
week's stay at Camp Borden, England, the regiment was moved to France 
and landed at LeHavre, July 26, 1917. Soon after its arrival in France, the 
regiment's name was changed to the 15th U. S. Engineers. On March 1, 
1918, Mr. Swartz was promoted to master engineer, senior grade. On 
October 20, 1918, he was commissioned as second lieutenant of engineers, 
and assigned to Company A, 15th Engineers, then under command of Captain 
Elton D. Walker. April 9, 1919, he was promoted to first lieutenant with 
the same organization. 

Lieutenant Swartz arrived in the United States from overseas service 
April 27, 1919, and was honorably discharged May 14, 1919. 

THOMAS, RALPH E., enlisted May 27, 1918, and was sent to Camp 
Meade, Md. Fie was made a member of Company H, 314th Infantry, 79th 
Division, two weeks later he was transferred to Headquarters' Troop, 79th 
Division. He left Camp for overseas on July 6. After arriving in Francehe 
was made a dispatch rider. Most of his actual war work was carrying 
messages from headquarters to the different outfits of the 79th Division 
which captured Montfaucon. He was at Molleville Farm, on the morn- 
ing of November 11, north of Verdun. He was in the following engagements: 
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May 18, 1919, and arrived in the United States May 29, and was discharged 
June 5, 1919. 

TURNER, C. E., enlisted at Washington, D. C, in the Aviation Section, 
Balloon Division, Signal Reserve Corps, August 18, 1917, and reported for 
training as spherical balloon pilot, at Free Balloon School, St. Louis Aero- 
nautical Society, St. Louis, Mo., September 1. From September 15 to 29, 
1917, he was instructing pilot, spherical balloons. Free Balloon School, mak- 
ing daily flights from St. Louis, and was awarded Pilot's license as spherical 
balloon pilot, September 30. On October 1, he reported to Officers' Training 
Camp, Balloon School, Fort Omaha, Nebraska, and was graduated November 
7, 1917, with rank of first lieutenant. Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps. 
From November 8, 1917, to February 10, 1918, he was instructor in gases 
and balloon inflation, at the Omaha Balloon School. He was ordered to 
Washington, D. C, February 11, 1918, as gas engineer, and then to Naval 
Dirigible Station, Montauk Point and Rockaway, Long Island, March 1, to 
assist in the study of gas generation and inflation problems. On March 10 he 
was ordered to Langley Field, Va., and transferred May 1, to Fort Worth, 
Texas, for inspection of experimental plant for production of helium gas for 
use in balloons. May 1, 1918. 

Lieutenant Turner was ordered to New York City, May 23, 1918, as 
engineer of Liquid Air Division, Air Nitrates Corporation, in charge of design 
and construction of liquid air plants of United States Nitrate Plants, Nos. 3 
and 4, at Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, and on October 20 was ordered to 
United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. He was discharged 
at Washington, D. C, April 11, 1919. 

TYSON, EDWIN LLOYD, enlisted in Troop B, First Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, May 8, 1917, and was mustered into United States Service at 
Tyrone, Pa., July 16, 1917; he reported to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., 
September 11, 1917. He was transferred to 103rd Trench Mortar Battery, 
and sailed for France, May 18, 1918. He was promoted to corporal April 
1, 1918. 

He participated in the following engagements with the 28th Division ; 
Fismes-Vesle, second battle of the Marne, August 8 to September 8, 1918; 
Meuse-Argonne, September 26 to October 10, 1918; Verdun, with the Sth 
French Army, October 13 to October 16, 1918; at Lys-Scholdt, Belgium, with 
the 91st Division, October 31 to November 11, 1918. 

Corporal Tyson arrived at Hoboken, N. J., March 24, 1919, and was 
honorably discharged April 12, 1919. 

WETZEL, PAUL LESTER, was supply sergeant. Troop L, National 
Guard, when war was declared, and was detailed to the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on May 30, 1918. AVhile 
there he was discharged from the National Guard. He served at the train- 
ing camp until the first of July, when he was discharged for physical dis- 
abilitjr, (defective eyesight). 

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ASPLUNDH, EDWIN THEODORE, received the commission of first 
lieutenant Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, May, 1917, at the First Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and remained with this organization 
until August 4, 1917. From August 5, 1917, to April 28, 1919, he served as 
Captain, 103rd Engineers, 28th Division. 



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B. T. ASPLUNDH 




KENNETH H. BAIR 




CHARI/ES G. BINOEB 





HARRI 1- BRADY 




GEORGE "ff. BREW 



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Captain Asplundh was in service in France from May 18, 1918, to April 
17, 1919, and participated in the following battles and engagements : Chateau 
Thierry, July 7-14, 1918; Champagne-Marne defensive, July 15-18, 1918; 
Aisne-Marne offensive, July 19 to August 1, 1918; Fismes offensive, August 
1 to September 4 ,1918; Oisne-Aisne oft'ensive, September 4-7, 1918; Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 9, 1918; Toul Sector, October 
16 to November 11, 1918. 

BAIR, KENNETH HENRY, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Field Artillery Corps, at the end of the training course. He was 
assigned to the 10th Field Artillery at Douglas, Ariz., along the Mexican 
border. In April, 1918, he was transferred to the Balloon Service as an 
observer and saw active service with the 5th, 7th, 15th and 44th Companies 
in the St. Mihiel and Metz sectors. He left France February 1, 1919, landing 
in New York, February 13, 1919, and was honorably discharged February 
15, 1919. 

BERRY, PAUL BURNETT, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was commissioned second lieutenant 
infantry, August 15, 1917, and assigned to the 316th Infantry, Camp Meade, 
Md. On June 6, 1918, he was assigned to the Students' Army Training 
Corps, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Lieutenant Berry was trans- 
ferred and assigned to Camp Grant, 111., May 3, 1919, and discharged 
May 27, 1919. 

BINDER, CHARLES GODFREY, enlisted in the service and was sta- 
tioned at Camp Dix from November 22, 1917, to May 26, 1918. On May 26 
he sailed for overseas, landed at Liverpool, England, June 8, in France 
June 10, 1918. He spent June, July and August, in Flanders. In Sep- 
tember, 1918, he was in the St. Mihiel sector, in October and November 
in the Argonne Forest. From December, 1918, to February, 1919, he was 
at Les Laumes, France, and was on detached service at Sorbonne University, 
Paris, from March 3 to July 1, 1919. Mr. Binder was discharged July 21, 1919. 

BITTINGER, RALPH EMMERSON, enlisted in the service and 
was assigned to Company C, 329th Machine Gun Battalion, Barrack 238, 
Camp Custer, Mich. He was later appointed personnel sergeant and went 
overseas with the 329th Machine Gun Battalion. He trained at Augingers, 
France, up to October 30, 1918, and then joined Company C, 11th Machine 
Gun Battalion, 4th Division, in the Fliery sector, on November 10. He 
marched from Commercy, France, to Coblenz, on the Rhine, and was sta- 
tioned at Autweiler, Germany. On February 11, 1919, he was transferred to 
Central Records' Office, Bourges, France. He was taken sick with the "flu," 
returned to the United States April 2, and discharged April 25, 1919. 

BLYTHE, FRANK HESS, enlisted in the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August, 1917, and was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Signal Corps, November 8, 1917. He was transferred to 
Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver, N. Y., where he remained for six weeks. 

Lieutenant Blythe arrived in France January 20, 1918, and spent six 
weeks at the Officers School, Langres, France ; three weeks' observation at 
the front. First French Army, at Pont a Mousson, and was assigned to the 
116th Field Signal Battalion as commanding officer of Company C for three 
months. On September 25, 1918, he took part in the Meuse-Argonne offen- 



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sive, 3rd Division, 4th Infantry. He was gassed at Montfaucon October 9, 
1918, and spent two weeks at Base Hospital No. 69, at Nevers, France. 
October 25, 1918, Lieutenant Blythe was assigned to the 405th Telegraph 
Battalion, 3rd Corps, and took part in the offensive toward Metz and Etain 
until November 11, 1918. From November 17 to December 16, 1918, he was 
en route into Germany with the 4th Corps, Third Army. From December 
16, 1918, to March 1, 1919, he was stationed at Mayen, Germany. He attended 
the University of Paris from March 1 to June 30, 1919. 

Lieutenant Blythe arrived in the United States July 29, and was dis- 
charged from the service August 16. 1919. 

BOGER, NELSON, served with the United States Army in France. 

BRADY, HARRY FRANKLIN, entered the First Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and not succeeding in getting 
a commission, received an honorable discharge on July 31, 1917. On August 
14, 1917, he enlisted in the United States Army and was rated as sup- 
ply sergeant. He was assigned to what was then known as the 4th 
National Army Division, later known as the 79th Division, and ordered to 
report to Camp Meade, September 1, 1917. On October 8, 1917, he was 
appointed regimental sergeant major. Headquarters Company, 313th Infantry, 
79th Division, and remained at Camp Meade until July 6, 1918, when he 
sailed from New York on the Leviathan, arriving in Brest July 15, 1918. 

Sergeant Brady went into action September 26, 1918, and was gassed 
September 29, at the battle of Montfaucon. After spending eight weeks in 
the hospital he returned to his regiment November 27 , 1918, where he re- 
sumed his former duties. The regimental headquarters at this time were in 
the Citadel at Verdun. Sergeant Brady's organization left St. Nazaire, France, 
May 19, 1919, and arrived at Newport News, Va., May 29, 1919. It was 
demobilized at Camp Meade, Md., and Sergeant Brady received his discharge 
June 11, 1919. 

BREW, GEORGE WILLIS, enlisted in the Motorized Heavy Artillery 
Section, Ordnance Department, on July 13, 1917, and was commissioned first 
lieutenant. After a course of training at various gun and tractor plants he 
was assigned to the staff of the 60th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort 
Monroe, Va., in January, 1918. His regiment sailed for France in April, 
1918. He served throughout the war with his regiment, seeing continuous 
service in the St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse battles. After the armistice 
he received his commission as captain. He returned to the United States 
after one year of foreign service and was granted his discharge at once. 

BRIGHT, RAYMOND A., enlisted March 26, 1918, in the Coast Artillery 
Corps at Fort Monroe, Va., and was immediately assigned to attend the 
enlisted specialists school at that place. At the completion of the electrical 
course he received the rating of electrician sergeant, first class. Shortly 
afterward he was transferred to the Motor Transportation Corps and assigned 
as an instructor in the chasses department. He received his honorable dis- 
charge December 26, 1918. 

BRINTON, JOSEPH WARD, enlisted in the First Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., which was opened on May 12, 1917. On 
August IS, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster's 
Corps, and assigned to duty at Camp Meade, Md. He was relieved at Camp 
Meade in November, 1917, and assigned to duty at the Quartermaster Depot, 



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J. W. BEINTON 




L. E. COVER 




C. E. DAHL 




R. DeCHABMS. JR. 




BENJAMIN C. DKTCIION 




J A DeTDRK 




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Baltimore, Md., where he remained on duty until June 1, 1918, at which time 
he received orders for overseas' duty. While at Baltimore he was promoted 
to first lieutenant, Quartermaster's Corps, which rank he held until dis- 
charged. 

Lieutenant Brinton's duties overseas were as statistical officer, connected 
with the following quartermaster depots : Intermediate Depot No. 3, Mon- 
tierchaume ; Intermediate Depot No. 1, located at Neveres ; and Advance 
Depot, Paris. 

He was also assigned to the War Damage Board of the American Com- 
mission to Negotiate Peace. During his services with this commission he 
was located in Paris, and was later assigned to the Italian Mission, with 
headquarters at Rome, Italy. 

Lieutenant Brinton was on duty at the Advance Supply Depot, Paris, 
until September 10, 1919, at which time he was relieved and ordered to re- 
turn to the United States. He arrived in the States on September 26, 1919, 
and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., on October 21, 1919. 

COVER, LESTER E., was commissioned captain, Signal Corps, National 
Army, December, 1917. He was commissioned major, Chemical Warfare 
Service, October, 1918. His total service was fifteen months. He spent the 
first six months in development and research work on gas masks, and the 
remainder of the time in the manufacture of gas masks, at the Gas Defense 
Plant, Long Island City, N. Y. 

CRONEMEYER, JOHN F. WILLIAM, was refused enlistment, owing 
to physical disability, and it was not until the fall of 1918 that he was ad- 
mitted into the service. He was commissioned first lieutenant and attended 
the Engineer Officers' Training School at Camp Humphreys, Va., but was 
discharged before the completion of the course owing to the signing of the 
armistice. 

DAHL, CHARLES EMIL, enlisted as a private and was sent to Camp 
Sherman, Ohio, April 1, 1918. He was promoted to corporal, April 25, 1918; 
sent to Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Louis- 
ville, Kj., May 15, 1918, and commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, 
August 31, 1918. He was assigned to the 20th Field Artillery Brigade, and 
served in the Information Section, Brigade Headquarters, 20th Field Ar- 
tillery, until discharged December 12, 1918. 

DE CHARMS, RICHARD, JR., after attending the Officers' Training 
Camp at Plattsburg, as a member of the 15th New England Company, was 
commissioned first lieutenant Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 
1917, and assigned to active duty. He was ordered to report to Camp 
Grant, Rockford, III., and assigned to the 503rd Engineers September 7, 
1917. He was attached to the 21st Engineers during the organization of 
the regiment, and was ordered to Camp Merritt, N. J., on October 8, 1917, 
where the 503rd Engineers were organized for overseas service. He was 
acting commander to Company A, until November 10. 

Lieutenant DeCharms embarked on U. S. S. Aeolus with the 503rd 
Engineers on November 26 and arrived at St. Nazaire, France, December 
10, 1917. After ten days at Camp No. 1, Base Section No. 1, he was ordered 
to Vibraye (Sarthe) with one officer and seventy men to organize a kimber 
operation in the forest of the Count of Vibraye. He was commanding officer 
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On May 2, 1918, he was ordered to report at Headquarters, Service of 
Supply, where he became chief draftsman for the department of railroads and 
docks. He received orders on July 12, to take a special course at the engineer 
school at_ Langres, where after three weeks training he was assigned to the 
21st Engineers, who were then in charge of the light railways of the First 
Army in the Toul sector. As lieutenant in Company B, he helped to con- 
nect allied systems with those of the Germans by five and a half kilometers 
of construction across "No man's land" at Fleury, during the St. Mihiel drive. 
This task being completed, the 21st Engineers moved to the vicinity of 
Cheppy (Meuse) to take over a portion of light railway needed in connection 
with the Meuse-Argonne offensive. This regiment was still working under 
shell fire when the armistice was signed. 

Lieutenant DeCharms spent the next five months in maintenance work 
on the Est Railroad operating between Conflans (Merthe et Moselle) and 
the Third Army in Germany. In April, 1919, he went to the LeMan (Sarthe) 
area and worked on the construction of hospitals until the regiment was 
ordered home through Brest. The return trip was made on U. S. S. President 
Grant, which docked in Boston on June 9, 1919. He was honorably dis- 
charged in Washington, D. C., July 8, 1919. 

*DETCHON, BENJAMIN CYRUS, was commissioned first lieutenant 
in the Ordnance Reserve Corps on July 20, 1917. On August 29, 1917, he 
was assigned to active duty and ordered to Washington, D. C, for work in 
the American Ordnance Base Depot, where he was on duty until January, 
1918. On January 7, 1918, he was sent to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 
in charge of ordnance troops. It was at Camp Dodge that he received his 
promotion to the grade of captain on February 2, 1918. 

After several months of this work he was sent to Camp Hancock, Au- 
gusta, Ga., still in charge of ordnance troops. He acted as commanding 
officer of various provisional companies, and continued on his duty until the 
units were completely prepared for foreign service. At Camp Hancock he 
was post exchange officer in addition to his other duties. 

On September IS, 1918, he sailed on the steamship Pocahontas as com- 
manding officer of the September colored replacement draft. While in France 
he was to have been entrusted with the reclassifying of enlisted men in order 
that their experience in civil life and their army training might be used to 
the greatest advantage. 

While in transportation Captain Detchon contracted influenza which 
developed into lobular pneumonia, and he died in the hospital at Brest, France, 
October 1, 1918. He was buried in the Officers' Section of Kerfautras Ceme- 
tery, Brest. 

The following is a portion of a letter received from Colonel J. W. Benet, 
Ordnance Department, Camp Hancock, Ga. : 

"Captain Detchon reported to this camp on March 3, 1918, and with 
three other officers established the beginnings of the Ordnance Training 
Camp at Camp Hancock. He commanded various organizations in the Sec- 
ond Provisional Regiment, Ordnance Department, and later commanded the 
regiment. On May 13, he was appointed camp personnel officer, reorganized 
the personnel department, and brought it to a state of high efficiency. He 
remained on that duty until July 24, 1918, when he was again made com- 
manding officer of the Second Provisional Regiment. Captain Detchon was 
exceptionally efficient in every capacity in which he was employed. He was 
very anxious for overseas' duty, and at his earnest request I relieved him 



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from the command of the August replacement company going overseas. He 
left this camp for the port of embarkation, September 6, 1918. While here 
he was especially active in camp athletics, target practice, and everything 
that tended to promote the efficiency of the camp. No man was more beloved 
by officers and men. I saw much of him and suffered a deep sense of personal 
loss when I heard of his death. He died at the hospital at the port of de- 
barkation, of pneumonia following influenza contracted on the transport." 

DE TURK, JEREMIAH AMOS, on December 31, 1917, was commis- 
missioned second lieutenant, in the Production Division, Ordnance Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. He was promoted to first lieutenant in August, 1919. 

DOSTER, ALEXIS, enlisted as cadet in the United States School of 
Military Aeronautics, Ithaca, N. Y., and was graduated in 1917. He sailed 
for overseas immediately after graduation, and was assigned to the Third 
Aviation Instruction Center, France. In 1918 he was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant and transferred to the Second Aviation Instruction Center. 

EBERLEIN, JOHN F., served during the war with the United States 
Naval Reserve Force. 

EGBERT, VICTOR, enlisted at Philadelphia May 31. 1917, and joined 
the United States Army Ambulance Service at Camp Crane, Allentown, June 
9, 1917. As a member of the Penn State Unit, Section 529 (See Record) 
Victor Egbert was cited October 27, 1918, and awarded the Croce di Guerra 
(Italian War Cross), on December 24, 1918. 

EVANS, ROY, first enlisted in the Army Y. M. C. A. work in 1917, but 
later that year entered the Army and was assigned to the Photographic 
Division, Military School of Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
He was transferred as instructor to the School of Aerial Photography, Ro- 
chester, N. Y., and remained there from March to August, 1918, at which 
time he was commissioned second lieutenant and placed in charge of the 
25th Photographic Section. Lieutenant Evans went overseas as command- 
ing officer of the 25th Photo Section. 

FISHER, HARRY HEILMAN, enlisted by special induction into the 
nitrate section of the Ordnance Department, at Fort Slocum, N. Y., May 24, 
1918. He was ordered to Nitrate Plant No. 1, at Sheffield, Ala., June 1, 1918, 
and worked on special problems and in the experimental plant at that place, 
on the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate acid. Just before being discharged 
from the service he spent six weeks at No. 2 Plant, Muscle Shoals, Ala., on 
the same work. He was discharged from the service January 16, 1919. 

FREED, RALPH A. ADAIR, reported to Fort Benjamin Harrison and 
was sworn into the service, May 15, 1917, in the infantry branch of the Army. 

He was selected as one of five, to take special training in machine guns 
and August 15, 1917, commissioned first lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps, 
Ordnance Department. He was ordered to report to the Savage Arms 
Corporation, Utica, N. Y., for instruction in the Lewis machine gun, August 
29, 1917. He was ordered, October 8, 1917, to Springfield Arsenal, Mass., for 
further instruction in the various guns. On November 26, 1917, Lieutenant 
Freed was transferred to Wilbur Wright Field, to take a course in aviation. 
On January 28, 1918, he left for overseas, where he was ordered to finish his 
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B. A. A. FRKEn 




EDWARD W. GLAVIN 




RUSSELL n. GLErU 





R. C. HARLOW 




B. M. HERMANN 



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FRITZ, CHARLES CLAIRE, enisted in the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, December 1, 1917. He was assigned sergeant in Company F, 
10th Battalion, 20th Engineers, and transferred overseas as sergeant, Head- 
quarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Engineers. 

FULLER, LAURENCE WELLINGTON, entered the service May 4, 
1918, and served at Fort Thomas, Ky., as a private until August, when he was 
transferred to Camp Pike, Ark. He was transferred to Camp Sherman, Ohio, 
January 4, 1919, and discharged from there January 14, 1919. 

GAUT, CARROL STANLEY, enlisted in the service and entered the 
First Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 
1917, and August 15, 1917, he was commissioned as second lieutenant. In- 
fantry Reserve Corps, and assigned to the 79th Division, at Camp Meade, 
Md. He reported at Camp Meade for duty, August 29, 1917, and was assigned 
to the 314th Infantry, National Army. He was promoted to first lieutenant 
January 24, 1918, and went overseas as first lieutenant 314th Infantry. He 
took part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive from September 26 to 30 and again 
from October 28 to November 11, 1918. 

Lieutenant Gaut arrived in the United States May 26 and was discharged 
from the service at Camp Dix, May 31, 1919. 

GHEEN, RUSSEL TAYLOR, was drafted into the National Army and 
trained at Leon Springs, Texas., where he was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, and transferred with troops to Fort Sill, Okla. He sailed for 
France about May 17, 1918, from Camp Mills, L. I., with the 128th Field 
Artillery. He was later promoted to captain. Field artillery. In the spring 
of 1919 he was appointed to the chair of forestry at the American Expedition- 
ary Force University at Baune, south of Dijon, France. 

GLAVIN, EDWARD, enlisted in the 21st Engineers at Camp Grant, 
Rockford, 111., October 4, 1917. He was promoted to corporal October 10, 
1917, and to sergeant March 12, 1919. He left the United States December 
26, 1917, with the 21st Engineers, which operated light railways for the 
American Army, starting with the 1st Division in February, 1918, in the 
Toul Sector, and ending with several divisions in the Meuse-Argonne when 
the armistice was signed. Corporal Glavin's work consisted in making recon- 
naissance surveys of the German light railway system in conjunction with 
eleven other soldiers, three of whom were captured in performing their work. 

The French took over these railways in March, 1919, and the 21st 
Engineers were assigned to general engineering work in the LeMans Area. 

Sergeant Glavin returned to the United States June 9, 1919. 

GLEIM, RUSSELL HOOVER, enlisted May 29, 1917, in Headquarters' 
Company, 8th Pennsylvania National Guard, as a private, and was called into 
active service, July 15, 1917. He was mustered into Federal service August 
8, 1917, at Island Park, Harrisburg, Pa., and left Harrisburg for Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., September 10, 1917, arriving there September 12, 1917. 

The 8th and the 16th Pennsylvania Regiments consolidated to form into 
the 112th Regiment, 28th Division, during October 17, 1917. He was trans- 
ferred from Headquarters' Company, 112th Regiment, to the 53rd Depot 
Brigade Headquarters, October 20. He was again transferred from the 53rd 
Depot Brigade Headquarters to Company E, 103rd Ammunition Train, 
November 5, 1917, and to the Horse Battalion Headquarters, 103rd Ammuni- 
tion Train, December 13, 1917. He was detailed for special duty with the 



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division quartermaster on January 29, 1918, and appointed sergeant, Quarter- 
master's Corps, from private. Infantry, March 21, 1918. On October 15, 1918, 
he was recommended for second lieutenant. Quartermaster's Corps, and re- 
ceived his commission dated November 11, 1918. 

Lieutenant Gleim's entire service was with the 28th Division, and he 
has credit for the following engagements : Champagne-Marne defensive, July 
14-27, 1918; July 28 to September 7, 1918, Marne-Aisne offensive; September 
26 to October 7, 1918, Meuse-Argonne offensive ; October 15 to November 
11, 1918, Thiacourt sector offensive. He was honorably discharged from the 
service May 20, 1919. 

GORDON, LESLIE DUNLOP, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned first lieutenant. 
He was assigned commanding officer, 343rd Battalion, Tank Corps. 

GROVE, CHARLES GORDON, was commissioned first lieutenant, 
Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, July 29, 1917. He was called into active 
service September 2, 1917, at Camp American University, Washington, D. C, 
and assigned to Company D, 104th Engineers, 29th Division, Camp Mc- 
Clellan, Ala., December 10, 1917. Lieutenant Grove arrived at Brest June 
27, 1918, and served on French fronts: Haute, Alsace, near Belfort; Argonne, 
northwest Verdun, and east Meuse, north of Verdun. He was engaged in 
front-line defense work, wire entanglements, and construction of various 
trench accessories. On May 21, 1919, he returned to the United States, and 
received his discharge May 30, 1919. 

HAINES, J. MacCARTNEY, was assigned to Battery A, 311th Field 
Artillery at Camp Meade, Md., and was later transferred to the 304th Am- 
munition Train, Motor Battalion, Headquarters Detachment at the same 
camp. 

HAMMITT, JOHN KELLY, was appointed second lieutenant Officers' 
Reserve Corps, and assigned to Battery F, First New Jersey Field Artillery, 
at Camp McClellan, Ala. He was sent overseas where he saw active service 
with his battery. 

Lieutenant Hammitt was wounded October 4, 1918, by a piece of shell. 
With fourteen of his men he had reached a point near the enemy's lines, 
when he was hit and seriously wounded. He lay for twenty-eight hours in 
No Man's Land in a slight depression of the ground, which afforded but 
little protection from the intense machine gun and artillery fire that swept 
over him continuously. Before he was able to crawl to his own lines, where 
he was found by his comrades, two artillery barrages had passed over him, 
his body was a mass of bruises from flying stones and debris thrown up 
by exploding shells, and one German eight-inch shell hit within a few feet 
of him, luckily being a "dud." During his twenty-eight hours of horrors 
his helmet was twice struck by machine-gun bullets, and a bullet passed 
through the shoulder of his coat. 

Lieutenant Hammitt was sent to the base hospital in Vichy, France, and 
later returned to the United States, where he was sent to General Hospital 
No. 11, Cape May, N. J. He was recommended for a captaincy and the 
Distinguished Service Cross. 

HARLOW, RICHARD CRESSON, was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Forestry Engineers, June, 1918. He resigned this commission to enter the 
Infantry Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., in July, 1918, and was 



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commissioned second lieutenant of infantry in September, 1918. Lieutenant 
Harlow was detailed to Blacksburg, Va., where he remained until discharged 
in January, 1919. 

HERMANN, BURKE MILLER, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., September 8, 1917, and was assigned 
to Company 11. At the close of the second camp he was commissioned first 
lieutenant of infantry, and assigned to Company M, 55th Infantry, 7th Di- 
vision, at Chickamauga Park, Ga. In February, 1918, he was transferred with 
Company M, 55th Infantry, to Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, and with this 
organization sailed from Hoboken, N. ]., August 3, 1918, on board the 
Leviathan. 

Lieutenant Hermann went into training August 14, and the latter part 
of September was sent into the lines in the Toul sector. Here he had little 
to do except endure artillery and gas bombardments and perform the usual 
service of trench warfare. He was wounded November 11, 1918. He had 
advanced two platoons on a certain hill to establish part of a new line. He 
led them across a field swept by Boche machine guns, and got his men, with- 
out a casualty, into a thick woods full of barbed wire. While reorganizing 
his men in the woods, the German artillery opened fire on them. Lieutenant 
Hermann lay out in the open through three of their barrages. During the 
fourth barrage, having previously been wounded by a high explosive shell, 
he decided to move, when three duds fell close to his head. He saw a shell 
hole about twenty feet in front of him and started for it. Just then a high 
explosive fell close to him and he was thrown about fifteen feet in the air 
and fell unconscious. He became conscious the next day in the field hos- 
pital, but was unable to speak for three days. He was taken to Base Hos- 
pital No. 87 in Toul, where he remained from November 11 to December 1, 
1918. From that time until December 30, he was at the base hospital at 
LaFauche, and at the base hospital at Savenany until March 10, 1919. He 
sailed from St. Nazaire on the S. S. Finland, and landed at Newport News, 
Va., March 30. From there he was sent to General Hospital No. 30 at 
Plattsburg, N. Y., and was discharged from the hospital and the service on 
May 16, 1919. 

KANN, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, on October 19, 1919, entered the 
Ordnance Department as a mechanical engineer in charge of production at 
the East Iron & Machine Co., Lima, Ohio. On December 17, 1917, he was 
commissioned second lieutenant, Ordnance Reserve Corps ; February 19, 
1918, transferred to Alliance, Ohio, as production engineer at the Morgan 
Engineering Company ; March 24, 1918, transferred to Cleveland, Ohio, as 
control officer and post adjutant of the Cleveland District Ordnance Office: 
June 1, 1918, appointed assistant to district chief of the Cleveland District 
Ordnance Office ; October 12, 1918, commissioned first lieutenant. Ordnance 
Department, and February 1, 1919, discharged at Cleveland, Ohio. 

February 1, 1919, to June 1, 1919, Lieutenant Kann served as secretary 
of the Price Committee of the Cleveland District Ordnance Claims Board. 

KLEPFER, EDWARD LLOYD, entered military service, spent three 
months in the training camps of the United States and served in France 
for one year. He served for one month, as a sniper, in the trenches with the 
British, was then commissioned second lieutenant at Langres, and given 
command of a battalion of snipers and scouts in the 319th Infantry. Lieu- 
tenant Klepfer took part in the St. Mihiel drive and the Argonne forest and 
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KRIEG, GEORGE HERRMANN, reported for service November 11, 
1918, the day the armistice was signed and was discharged four days later, 
November 15, 1918. 

KNIGHT, CHARLES CARROLL, JR., was sent to the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., wliere he was in training from August 
30 to November 26, 1917, and was commissioned first lieutenant. Field Ar- 
tillery. He was assigned to the 318th Field Artillery and ordered to Camp 
Jackson, S. C, where he remained from November 27, 1917, to April 28, 1918. 
From April 29 to July 3, 1918, he was a student at the School of Fire, Fort 
Sill, Okla., where he was appointed an instructor, Reconnaissance Depart- 
ment. He remained here until April 9, 1919, as a first lieutenant and then 
as captain. 

LAMADE, HOWARD JOHN, enlisted in the United States Service. 

LITTLE, WILLIAM PITT, was commissioned captain. Remount 
Service, Quartermaster's Reserve Corps, July, 1917. He was stationed in 
Central Purchasing Zone purchasing horses and mules until March, 1918; 
Auxiliary Remount Depot No. 301, Camp Devens, Mass., until June, 1918. 
He was ordered overseas June, 1918, and assigned as remount officer at the 
remount depot, Bourbonne les Bains, France, until September, 1918. He was 
then attached to the 32nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, through- 
out the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the march to the Rhine, and the Army of 
Occupation until May, 1919. He was commissioned major, March, 1919, and 
discharged from the service. May, 1919. 

LUND, CLARENCE HARRISON, was commissioned lieutenant and 
assigned to the Utilities' Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. 

LYONS, EDWARD GREENLADE, enlisted in the service and was 
assigned to the 301st Engineers at Camp Devens, Mass., where he Avas 
appointed regimental supply sergeant. He was later allowed to attend the 
Engineer Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va., and at the 
end of the training period was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineer 
Reserve Officers' Corps, and transferred to the 518th Engineers at Camp 
Gordon, Ga. He was sent overseas with the 518th Engineers. 

McCREARY, JULIAN LEDREW, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

McDonald, JAMES KENNETH, enlisted in the service and was 
assigned to the 314th ^Machine Gun Battalion, with which organization he 
went overseas. He was promoted to first sergeant. 

McFARLAND, FRED CURTIS, was recommended for a commission 
in April, 1917. On May 8, 1917, he received orders to attend the first Re- 
serve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was ordered to 
the Engineers' Camp at Belvoir, Va., and American University, Washington, 
D. C. He was commissioned lieutenant. Engineer Corps, the commission 
dating June 13, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and 
attached to the 308th Engineers for the month of September, 1918, and then 
assigned to the 35th Engineers at Camp Grant, 111. He was ordered overseas 
with the 35th Engineers. 

Mcknight, WILLIAM KENNETH, entered the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Field Artillery Training Camp, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August, 
1917. On November 27, 1917, he was commissioned first lieutenant. Field 



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w. K. Mcknight 



W. LAWRENCE KANN 






WALTER NIBBLING 



HOWARD MELLINGER 



0. C. KNIGHT, JR. 




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J. J. OSUNA 



CLARENCE K. MUSSEK 



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Artillery Reserve Corps. He was transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga., 157th 
Depot Brigade, December 15, 1917, where he remained until May 24, 1918. 
From May 24 to June 27, 1918, he was stationed at the Field Artillery 
Replacement Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, and from June 27, 1918, to Janu- 
ary 15, 1919, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., at the Field Artillery Replace- 
ment Depot. On August 9, 1918, he was promoted to captain. Field Artillery, 
and commanded the 11th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp 
Taylor, Ky. Captain McKnight was honorably discharged January 15, 1919. 

MACK, WALTER KENNARD, volunteered in the service and sailed 
for France with the American Field Ambulance Service in July, 1917. 
Upon reaching France he was assigned to Section No. 33, American Field 
Ambulance Service. In August this organization went to Claremont en 
Argonne, and became attached to and enlisted under the French. On October 
16, 1917, this service was taken over by the United States Army and all 
volunteers were given the opportunity of enlisting or returning home. Mr. 
Mack enlisted in the United States Army Ambulance Service. He served in 
the Verdun sector from November 8, 1917, to July 3, 1918, and also on the 
Chemin-des-Dames. He was in the Soissons offensive from August 26 to 
September 4, 1918, and in the engagements on the Oise and Aisne from 
September 11 to November 11, 1918. 

Upon Mr. Mack's enlistment in the U. S. Army Ambulance Service, Sec- 
tion 33 was changed to S. S. U. 645. All his service in France was with the 
French Army. He received a citation for Croix de Guerre on November 9, 
1918. 

From August 16, 1917, to April 23, 1918. he was attached to the 26th 
Division, and from April 23, 1918, to March 18, 1919, with the 59th Division 
of the French Army. Mr. Mack was discharged from the service as a 
private. 

MELLINGER, HOWARD, after serving two years in the Pennsyl- 
vania National Guard, a part of the time on the Mexican border, was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, December 10, 1917, and assigned to Company 
D, 111th Infantry. On March 28, 1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant 
and assigned to Company F, 111th Infantry. He served with the 28th Di- 
vision in France until injured at Jaulny, France, October 19, 1918. He 
received his discharge April 23, 1919. 

MILLER, WILLARD P., enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Reserve 
Corps and was ordered to the Engineer Officers' Training Camp at Camp 
Lee, Va. 

MINICK, DON CAMBRIDGE, was commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to Company A, 9th Engineers' Reserve Regiment. This 
was later changed to the 19th Engineers (Railway). Lieutenant Minick 
went overseas with this organization and was promoted to first lieutenant, 
and then to captain. 

MOESCHLIN, FRANK FENSTERMACHER, six months after active 
service on the Mexican border, was again called into service July 15, 1917, 
as a sergeant in Headquarters' Troop, 28th Division, and sent to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., for training. Sergeant Moeschlin sailed for France with Head- 
quarters Troop, 28th Division, May 3, and landed at Calais May 23, 1918. 
He was with the 28th Division until March 1, 1919. During that period he 
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Ourcq to the Vesle, August 8 to September 7; the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 
September 26 to October 7 ; and the operations on the Thiaucourt sector, 
October 15 to November 11, 1918. From March 1 to June 14, 1919, he vi^as a 
member of the American School Detachment at the University of Aix- 
Marseilles, Marseilles, France. He returned to the United States on July 
5, 1919, and was discharged on July 12, 1919. 

MORRISON, JAMES FRED, went overseas with the 19th Engineers 
(Railway). 

MULLHAUPT, JOHN ANDREWS, enlisted in the infantry branch of 
the service and was assigned as corporal to Company H, 16th Infantry, and 
sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., for training. 

MUSSER, CLARENCE KAUFFMAN, enlisted on December 14, 1917, 
was sworn in at Columbus, Ohio. From there he was sent to Camp 
Grant, 111., and on December 26, 1917, was attached to Company 8, 161st 
Depot Brigade. On February 7, 1918, he was transferred to Company 
B, 311th Field Signal Battalion, in the same camp. Early in April, 1918, he 
was transferred to Company C, 108th Field Signal Battalion, 33rd Division, 
Camp Logan, Texas. He sailed from New York May 27, 1918, with Com- 
pany C, 108th Field Signal Battalion, landing at Liverpool, England, June 
8, and reaching Calais, France, June 10, 1918. After two months' training 
with the British and Australians in the Somme region, he was sent to the 
Meuse district, and there took part in the Meuse-Argonne drive, beginning 
September 26, 1918. He was wounded in the left forearm and left thigh by 
a high explosive shell, October 6, 1918, and was in the hospital from that 
time until he left Brest. He arrived in New York, February 7, 1919, received 
his discharge from the service March 13, 1919. 

NEWTON, NELSON ALONZO, went to France with the 20th Engi- 
neers (Forestry), and became sergeant, Company C, 5th Battalion, same 
regiment. 

NIEBLING, WALTER LAWRENCE, enlisted in the Army in 1917. 
He left for France November 11, 1917, on the Powhatan, for St. Nazaire. 
He saw twenty-one months' service abroad, and was mustered out of the 
army in July, 1919. 

ORR, FREDERICK WALTER, was inducted into the service July, 
1918, at Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C, as a private in the Chem- 
ical Warfare Service, and was assigned to Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewopd, 
Md. His work there was in connection with the drop-bomb and shell-filling 
departments. He was transferred October, 1918, to the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, and assigned to Ordnance Officers' Training School in High Explosives, 
Columbia University, New York City, and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant at the end of the course. He was discharged from the service January 
10, 1919. 

OSUNA, J. J., was engaged in missionary work and teaching in Porto 
Rico when the war broke out. On June 1, 1918, 15,000 Porto Ricans were 
called to the colors. As soon as school closed in June, 1918, Mr. Osuna 
joined the Y. M. C. A. war work as religious secretary in one of the huts 
at Camp Las Casas, San Juan, Porto Rico, where he served until November. 
At that time influenza broke out in the camp and a goodly part of the 15,000 
were sent to the base hospital. He was sent to the hospital where he had 



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about a thousand men to visit daily. Mr. Osuna remained in Y. M. C. A. 
work until January 15, 1919. 

PARK, JAMES WILLIAM, enlisted in the Aviation Section, Signal 
Corps, December 1, 1917, and was sent to the Aviation Training School, 
Princeton, N. J. He qualified as a pilot, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Air Service, at Hicks Field, Fort Worth, Texas, on June 21, 1918. 
After attending Machine Gun School, Dayton, Ohio, he completed his final 
training at Issoudun, France, qualifying as a day bombing pilot. After the 
signing of the armistice he served as a ferry pilot during the winter of 1918-19. 
Lieutenant Park was discharged April 25, 1919. 

REED, JOHN MILTON, enlisted in the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 21, 1917, and was later commis- 
sioned second lieutenant of infantry. From Fort Oglethorpe he was sent 
to Camp Greene, N. C, where he received four months' training. He was 
later sent to Camp Mills, N. Y., for a short time. On May 10, 1918, he set 
sail for France, where he was soon transferred to the trenches. As second 
lieutenant. Company K, 39th Infantry, 4th Division, he was a member of 
the first American regiment that was cited by the French general command- 
ing American Army Corps. 

Lieutenant Reed took part in the Chateau Thierry, Vesle, St. Mihiel 
and Argonne drives. He was placed in command of Company I, 39th In- 
fantry, October 7, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, and remained in that 
capacity until transferred to the United States November 4, 1918, as an 
instructor to join a new division. The armistice was signed while he was 
crossing the Atlantic. He was ordered to Camp Dix, N. J., and was there 
attached to the Depot Brigade and to camp personnel stafif until discharge 
was secured January 22, 1919. 

RHOADS, ROBERT LEE, enlisted in the Third Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp. He went over seas as lieutenant. Company B, Heavy Tank 
Battalion. 

ROGERS, HARRY SINCLAIR, entered the Flying Section Signal En- 
listed Reserve Corps, December 7, 1917, at Pittsburg, Pa., and reported for 
duty at the U. S. Army School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. After graduation from this school, he was transferred to a 
newly created concentration post for flying cadets. Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 
to await assignment to a flying school. From here he was transferred to 
Brooks Field, San Antonio, where he received his advanced flying and train- 
ing to become an instructor. Lieutenant Rogers was retained at Brooks 
Field as an instructor for about five months. With the signing of the armis- 
tice, he was sent to Rich Field, Waco, Texas. 

SAMSON, ELMER ELLSWORTH, enlisted in the service and was 
assigned to 4th Company, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Fort Niagara, 
N. Y. He was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry November 25, 
1917, and assigned to Camp Lewis, Wash. He was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant June 8, 1918, and served with the 13th Military Police. Later he was 
transferred to the 1st Infantry, 13th Division. Lieutenant Samson was dis- 
charged from the service March 1, 1919. 

SCHAEFFER, HENRY M., enlisted in the U. S. Ordnance Department 
and was assigned to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y. He was pro- 
moted to sergeant and ordered to France. 



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SMITH, THOMAS A., enlisted May 24, 1917, was called to active 

duty October 1, 1917, and assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 20th Engi- 
neers. The company was renamed to 1st Company, 20th Engineers. He 
sailed for France, November 11, 1917, and returned to the United States 
April 17, 1919, where he was discharged April 29, 1919. 

SNYDER, JOSEPH MICHAEL, entered the Third Reserve Officer 
Training Camp and was assigned to the 153rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dix, 
N. J. From there he was assigned to' Camp Lee, Va., 155th Depot Brigade, 
and later reassigned to Camp Dix. At the end of the course he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant of infantry. He was ordered overseas August, 

1918, with Company M, 807th Pioneer Infantry. He landed in St. Nazaire 
in the early part of September, and Vifas sent into the interior of France, near 
Vitrey, for further training. On October 15, 1918, he was ordered into the 
Argonne and was assigned to the First Army. He went into the Argonne 
on October 25, and was there until the armistice was signed. His regiment 
later went into winter quarters at Brieulles-sur-Meuse. 

Lieutenant Snyder was detached February 22, 1919, and ordered to 
Beaune as an instructor in agriculture. From Beaune he was sent to Base 
Section at Bordeaux to instruct in the camps around there. He finished the 
work May 30, 1919, and was ordered to embarkation camp, St. Nazaire, and 
Brest, and finally sailed from Brest July 19, 1919. He reached the United 
States August 1, 1919, and was discharged August 15, 1919. 

SPECHT, FREDERICK WILLIAM, enlisted in the Signal Officers' 
Reserve Corps June, 1918, and was assigned as private to the design section 
of the radio laboratories, Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver, N. J. He was 
later promoted to sergeant and was discharged in April, 1919. 

STIFEL, RICHARD ERNEST, entered the military service July 1, 
1917, as first lieutenant. Medical Corps, and was stationed at the following 
camps : Fort Sheridan, 111., July to December, 1917 ; Rockefeller Institute, 
New York City; December, 1917, to January, 1918; Camp Johnston, Florida, 
January, 1918, to February, 1919. 

Lieutenant Stifel was promoted to captain. Medical Corps, February, 

1919, and was stationed at Fort McHenry, from February to March, 1919, 
and Camp Merritt, N. J., from March to July, 1919. He was discharged 
July, 19l9, after two years of active service. 

TANGUY, EDWARD EARLE, was appointed first lieutenant. Ord- 
nance Department, and from October to November, 1917, was a student 
officer at the Machine Gun Training School, Springfield, Mass. From No- 
vember, 1917, to January, 1918, he was an instructor in this school. In 
January, 1918, he was transferred to Washington, D. C, in charge of the 
design of machine-gun fire-control instruments, where he remained until 
July, 1918. 

In August, 1918, Lieutenant Tanguy was attached to the American Ex- 
peditionary Force in France, instructing at various corps and divisional head- 
quarters, in technique and operation of machine guns, and machine-gun fire- 
control instruments. He also had charge of the development of fire tables 
for the Browning machine gun. In November, 1918, he was on duty in Eng- 
land, working with the British in the development of machine-gun fire tables. 
He remained there until December, 1918. From January to April, 1919, he 
was at the Small Arms Ballistic Station, Miami, Fla., in the development of 



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machine-gun fire tables and new bullets for machine-gun use. Lieutenant 
Tanguy received a citation certificate, May, 1919, for work in connection with 
machine guns in the American Expeditionary Force. 

*TINSMAN, JOSEPH ATLEY, was commissioned first lieutenant Sani- 
tary Corps, in November, 1917. He was ordered to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, 
Iowa, where he was in charge of the sanitation of the cantonment. He re- 
mained at Camp Dodge for about seven months and was then sent to Camp 
Wheeler, as sanitary engineer. He was later transferred to Camp Dix, N. J., 
to prepare for overseas. He sailed for France August 17, 1918, as first lieu- 
tenant. Company E, 26th Engineers. Lieutenant Tinsman left Paris Septem- 
ber 19, 1918, for the front, and for forty-seven days worked hard, keeping his 
unit up with the front lines, and keeping the fighting men supplied with pure 
water. Lieutenant Tinsman was wounded while on the road from Buzancy 
to Sommauth, on November 4, 1918, and died from the effects of the wound, 
on November 17, 1918. The circumstances attending his death are as follows: 
The final drive in the Verdun offensive began November 1, 1918, and by No- 
vember 3 the Germans had been driven several miles north of their original 
position. Lieutenant Tinsman was ordered to take a chloro-pump (a water 
purifying plant mounted on a truck to the small town, Verpel. The Ameri- 
can advance had pushed forward rapidly, and after some reconnaissance by 
Lieutenant Tinsman it was decided to move the chloro-pump to Buzancy. 
On Monday afternoon, November 4, he sent his captain a note saying the 
lines were well in front of St. Pierremont, and that he was starting for that 
point with the machine. The captain sent a motorcycle after him to bring 
him back, but the driver returned with the information that the road to St. 
Pierremont was being shelled and that he had not been able to pass. The 
next day a truck was sent to St. Pierremont to bring Lieutenant Tinsman 
back, but the truck returned empty, with the news that the pump was not 
at St. Pierremont. The chloro-pump was located at Vaux, but Lieutenant 
Tinsman had not been seen since November 4. A search was then made, and 
he was located at Base Hospital No. 52. He had been shot through the ear 
and nose. His death occurred on November 17, 1918, from the effects of the 
wound. 

Lieutenant Tinsman said of his work: "We are putting pure water where 
the doughboys can get it." His men and officers said of him : "He was doing 
a man's work and met a man's death." They also said that "he was the 
best sanitary officer in the regiment." He was buried with full military 
honors at Rimaucourt, France. 

WARD, A. T., was a private in Company F, 56th Pioneer Infantry, and 
was stationed at Camp Wadsworth, S. C, from August, 1918, to February, 
1919. On the latter date he received his honorable discharge. 

WALTER, F. MAURICE, was commissioned first lieutenant, Ordnance 
Department, November 27, 1917, at the Second Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Sheridan, 111. On December 1, 1917, he was ordered to Rock Island, 
111., where he was on duty at the Rock Island Arsenal. He sailed for over- 
seas' duty with a company of Ordnance, February, 1918. In France his duty 
was at the advance Ordnance Depot No. 1, Is-sur-Tille. Lieutenant Walter 
was discharged December 31, 1918. 

WEBER, EDWIN CLINTON, was inducted into military service Janu- 
ary 2, 1918, and served as private in the 29th Company, 154th Depot Brigade, 
Camp Meade, Md. He was honorably discharged February 11, 1918. 



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WHITE, JOSEPH EDWIN, JR., enlisted on December 15, 1917, and 
was attached to the following organizations : 2nd Recruit Company, Fort 
Slocum, N. Y. ; 11th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, N. Y. ; 
14th Provisional Ordnance Depot Company, Raritan Arsenal, N. J. ; 1st Ord- 
nance Guard Company, Raritan Arsenal, and Headquarters' Detachment, 
Depot Brigade, Raritan Arsenal, N. J. Mr. White was promoted to Ordnance 
sergeant at Raritan Arsenal, and was recommended for Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Joseph Johnston, but the recommendation was sent 
in shortly before the armistice was signed and no action could be taken. 

WHITE, WILLIAM FOSTER, attended the second Plattsburg Train- 
ing Camp in 1917 and was commissioned as second lieutenant and was 
ordered to Kelly Field, Texas, where he remained from January to March, 
1918. He was transferred to the School of Military Aeronautics at Cam- 
bridge, Mass., and completed the course of training there in July, 1918. In 
August, 1918, he was sent to Ellington Field. Texas, and was discharged 
from the service January, 1919, at Ellington Field. 

WILCOX, RAYMOND HILL, enlisted July 14, 1917, in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force, with a rating of seaman first class. He was assigned to 
patrol duty on S. P. 1175, for ten months, and was then promoted to quarter- 
master second class. He was detailed to Public Works' Department, Great 
Lakes Naval Training Station, as civil engineer, and was promoted to chief 
quartermaster. On December 1, 1918, he was commissioned ensign. He was 
released on inactive duty February 17, 1919. 

WOLFE, STANLEY LLOYD, was commissioned first lieutenant, Engi- 
neer Corps, June 23, 1917, and was ordered into active service at once and 
assigned to recruit duty in New York State. On July 21, 1917, he was ordered 
to France on staff duty and sailed from New York on August 6, 1917. He 
reported to General Headquarters in France, August 22, 1917, and was 
assigned to duty with the chief engineer officer. Later he was transferred to 
General Staff Headquarters, where he was troop movements' officer. General 
Staff; secretary. General Staff; executive assistant to the chief of administra- 
tion. General Staff Headquarters, Service of Supplies. In August, 1918, he 
was appointed a member of the General Staff Corps, U. S. Army, being one 
of live captains in the corps. At the same time he was promoted to captain 
of engineers. 

Captain Wolfe was cited by the Commander in Chief of the American 
Expeditionary Force on April 19, 1919, for "exceptionally meritorious and 
conspicuous service." He returned to the United States February, 1919, and 
resigned from the service at once. 

WOODWARD, HAROLD H., entered the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., and was appointed sergeant first class, 
with the 312th Infantry, 78th Division. He was transferred to Camp Lee, Va., 
and placed in a casual outfit, unappointed. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant and transferred to Camp Dix, where he was appointed sanitary 
officer of the 155th Depot Brigade. Lieutenant Woodward was transferred 
to Camp Merritt and assigned to Company B, 50th Infantry, and was on 
duty as military police in that camp. The 50th Infantry was then transferred 
to Camp Sevier, and then became a unit of the 90th Division. Following the 
armistice, the 90th Division was split, and the 50th Infantry was transferred 
to Camp Dix. He was honorably discharged April 1, 1919. 



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ZIERDT, CHARLES HENRY, after service with the Pennsylvania 
National Guard, on the Mexican border, entered the World war and was 
promoted to first lieutenant July 24, 1917. In the fall of 1917 Lieutenant 
Zierdt's regiment was ordered to Camp Hancock, Ga., as the 109th Field 
Artillery. On January 1, 1918, he was ordered to special duty at the 53rd 
Field Artillery Brigade School, in the capacity of instructor. Upon the 
completion of the first term, he was relieved of this assignment, and trans- 
ferred to the Third Officers' Training Camp. Upon the close of the train- 
ing camp, he rejoined his old regiment, was promoted to captain, April 22, 
1918, and assigned to duty as battalion adjutant. 

The 109th Field Artillery sailed from New York May 19, 1918, on the 
British transport Justicia, landed at Liverpool, England, June 1, and after a 
few days' stay crossed the channel to Le Havre. Training was at once begun 
at De Meucon, near Vannes, under the instruction of French officers. August 
8, found the 109th Field Artillery detraining at Mezy, one station beyond 
Chateau Thierry. It crossed the Marne and started for Fresne, arriving 
there at daybreak. 

While Captain Zierdt and other officers were on reconnaissance near 
Fresne, the Germans opened fire on the ravine in which they were located. 
This ravine was literally crammed with the 42nd Divisional Artillery, the 
155-mm's in position along the bottom and the 75-mm's up near the top of 
the reverse slope. For twenty minutes, seemingly hours, the ravine was 
filled with bursting shells of all calibres. Besides their casualties in men, the 
109th was entirely cleaned out of horses. Captain Zierdt escaped injury. 

Finally on September 5, the 109th Field Artillery forced the Vesle river, 
with the 28th Division, as a part of the Oisne-Aisne offensive. On September 
8, the French took over the sector. About September 20 the division reached 
the town of Les Islette, with the Argonne as the objective. 

On the night of October 4, the sector was taken over by the 82nd Divi- 
sion, and reluctantly the 109th Field Artillery went back for a rest. Later 
the 109th Regiment was sent to Belgium and assigned to the 91st Division. 
After another week of inaction the regiment went into position at Waregham 
on the Lys river, and on the Escaut river. From the Escaut the regiment 
dropped back to the coast and occupied an old English camp near Ypres until 
January 6, 1919, when it moved to the embarkation area near Le Mans. The 
109th Field Artillery arrived in New York on May 10, and Captain Zierdt 
received his discharge July 22, 1919. 

1913 

ANDERSON, JOHN HARRIS, enlisted at Chicago, III, December 10, 
1917, and was assigned to duty with the 6th Service Company, Signal Corps, 
with headquarters at Chicago. He was on detailed service with the Chicago 
District Equipment Office, Inspection Section, Equipment Division, Signal 
Corps, from December 10, 1917, to May 7, 1918. His duties were those of 
an inspector of Signal Corps equipment. He was later made assistant of 
chief mechanical inspector. On May 7 he was transferred to Second Com- 
pany, 4th Signal Officers' Reserve Corps Training Camp, at Camp Sarnuel 
F. B. Morse, Leon Springs, Texas, and was commissioned as second_ lieu- 
tenant. Signal Corps, August 26, 1918. Lieutenant Anderson was assigned 
for duty with the 4th Training Battalion, Signal Corps, stationed at Fort 
Leavenworth, Kan., and later at Camp Meade, Md. He organized and was 



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acting commanding officer of Company B of this organization from September 
1, 1918, to January 1, 1919. He was discharged January 22, 1919. 

ANDERSON, RUDOLPH WALTER, enlisted at Seattle, Wash., Oc- 
tober 11, 1917, was assigned to Company A, 29th Engineers, at Camp Devens, 
Mass., and appointed corporal. He arrived overseas November 12, 1917, 
where he was assigned as topographer on mapping front-line areas, Montidier- 
Noyon defensive and Aisne-Marne offensive. He attended an engineer can- 
didates' school in October and November, 1918, and spent the following five 
months on surveys for the graves' registration service. On July 12, 1919, he 
received his discharge. 

ARMSBY, EDWARD McCLELLAN, enlisted as a private in the Ord- 
nance Enlisted Reserve Corps June 25, 1917, was called to active duty July 
20, 1917, and reported at Augusta Arsenal, August 7, 1917. He was trans- 
ferred to Camp Sheridan, Ala., about August 28, and promoted to sergeant, 
first class, at about the same time. He was promoted to ordnance sergeant 
September 25, and was transferred to Washington, D. C, December 15, 1917. 
He was transferred to Raritan Arsenal, N. J., January 17, 1918, and commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, Ordnance Department, January 25, 1918. 

Lieutenant Armsby remained at Raritan Arsenal as storage officer until 
January 14, 1919, when he was transferred to Delaware General Ordnance 
Depot, Pedricktown, which post he organized. He remained there until 
discharged, October 30, 1919. He was promoted to first lieutenant. Ordnance 
Department, August 7, 1919. 

BAILEY, ROLLAND GEORGE, enlisted as seaman, second class, at 
Rockland, Me., on May 30, 1917. He served on board the U. S. S. Shark four 
months, and on board the U. S. S. Valeda four months on patrol duty, First 
Naval District. He was detached and assigned to shore duty at Camp Hing- 
ham, Mass., January 1, 1918. On February 8, 1918, he was promoted to 
ensign and assigned to duty at Annapolis, Md., for sixteen weeks' intensive 
training. He was made junior watch and division officer of the U. S. S. New 
Hampshire, from June 9, 1918, to October 13, 1918. On October 13, 1918, 
he was detached from duty aboard the U. S. S. New Hampshire, and assigned 
to duty as watch officer aboard the U. S. S. Saranac, of the U. S. mine laying 
squadron, operating in the North Sea. Ensign Bailey was relieved from 
active duty May 16, 1919. 

BARRETT, JAMES TAYLOR, enlisted as a private in the Signal Offi- 
cers' Reserve Corps, at Berkley, Cal., November 1, 1917, and was assigned 
to the Berkley School of Military Aeronautics, January 12, 1918, from which 
he graduated March 16, 1918. He was sent to the Rockwell Flying School, 
Taliaferro Field, Fort Worth, Tex., from which he was commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant. Aviation Corps, July 10, 1918. 

BERKLEY, HOWARD LERUE, entered the Second Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in August, 1917, and was commissioned first 
lieutenant of infantry on November 27, 1917. He was stationed at Camp 
Gordon, Ga., as an instructor in the 82nd Division, and later assigned 
to the 157th Depot Brigade. He was promoted to captain of infantry, and 
stationed at Camp McClellan, Ala., until September, 1918, when he was 
transferred to Central Officers' Training School, Camp MacArthur, Tex., and 
assigned as instructor in infantr)^ Captain Berkley was discharged from 
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BERLIN, WALLACE GARDINER, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, but was rejected later on 
account of physical defects. He tried to enlist in the Regular Army, but 
failed to pass the physical examination as above. 

BRADY, PATRICK JOSEPH, enlisted on May 15, 1918, at the Fourth 
Officers' Training Camp at Camp Custer, Mich. He v^^as transferred to the 
Central Field Artillery Training School at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and 
received a commission as second lieutenant, Field Artillery, on August 17, 
1918. He was assigned to Camp Lewis, Wash., and reported there on August 
24, 1918, where he was assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Field 
Artillery, 13th Division. 

BURGESS, LLOYD PARKE, was called into active service December, 
1917, as lieutenant, junior grade. United States Naval Reserve Force, for 
engineering duties. After an intensive training course of seven weeks at 
Washington, D. C, and U. S. Naval Academy, he was detailed to sea duty 
aboard the transport Martha Washington. In August, 1918, Lieutenant Bur- 
gess was detailed from the transport service and ordered to report to U. S. 
Naval Academy as an instructor in the department of marine engineering 
and naval construction. He was detached from the Naval Academy and 
released from active duty in May, 1919. 

BUTTERFIELD, GEORGE BRUCE, served as sergeant, 605th Engi- 
neers, American Expeditionary Forces. 

CADMAN, WILSON KENNEDY, enlisted September 1, 1917, in the 
Medical Corps, Regular Army. He received the following promotions : Cor- 
poral, November 26, 1917; sergeant, April 10, 1918; and first lieutenant, 
October 1, 1918. He served at Camp Hospital No. 5, and Base Section No. 2, 
Bordeaux, France. 

CASSIN, LOUIS, was appointed first lieutenant. Ordnance Reserve 
Corps, June 18, 1917, and assigned to Frankford Arsenal for duty, where he 
remained for the duration of the war. Lieutenant Cassin was discharged 
from the service January 15, 1919. 

CECIL, CHARLES LEE, was called into active service and assigned 
to the 3rd Company, Infantry Officers' Training School, Camp Custer, Battle 
Creek, Mich. He was transferred to Central Department, Camp Lee, Va., 
and was commissioned as second lieutenant at Camp Lee and detailed to the 
Small Arms School at Camp Perry, Ohio. He was later assigned to the 11th 
Battalion, Infantry Replacements' Training Center, Camp Lee, Va. He was 
discharged from Camp Lee, December 6, 1918. 

CLARKE, HUGH McCORMICK, entered the First Reserve Officer 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery, August 15, 1917. He was assigned to duty 
with troops of the 311th Field Artillery, 79th Division, at Camp Meade, where 
he served from August 28, 1917, to July 31, 1918. He was with this organ- 
ization in France until May 28, 1919. 

On December 31, 1917, Lieutenant Clarke was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant, Field Artillery Corps, and on May 2, 1919, to captain of the same. 
Captain Clarke was discharged from the service June 5, 1919. 



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COHEN, BENJAMIN, was appointed first lieutenant, Engineer Officers' 
Reserve Corps, June 23, 1917, and sent to the training camp at American 
University, Washington, D. C., September 2, 1917. After completing his 
training there he was assigned to the 306th Engineers for temporary duty at 
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. On December 31, 1917, he was assigned to 
duty with the 33rd Engineers at Camp Devens, Mass., with which organiza- 
tion he went overseas. 

Lieutenant Cohen arrived at Brest, July 12, 1918, with Company F, 33rd 
Engineers, and remained at Brest on construction work. He was appointed 
supply officer for the section engineer at Brest, July 26, 1918, and was promoted 
to captain of engineers with rank from January 27, 1918. Captain Cohen was 
relieved from duty as supply officer on April 1, 1919, and was appointed 
executive officer and section engineer officer, Brest, and was also adjutant, 33rd 
Engineers. He sailed from Brest August 12, 1919, and arrived at Hoboken 
August 22, 1919. He was assigned duty with the chief of engineers at 
Washington, D. C, where he remained until December 19, 1919. He was 
then assigned to duty with the 4th Engineers, Camp Dodge, Iowa. Captain 
Cohen received his discharge January 14, 1920. 

COLGAN, JOHN GRAHAM, served as first lieutenant. First Aero 
Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, France. He was at the front 
from the time the first American troops went into the trenches, and was rec- 
ommended for promotion to a captaincy. 

CONDON, HARRY RUTH, was appointed second lieutenant. Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to Company B, 10th Engineers, and 
sent to France. He received two promotions, the first to first lieutenant. 
Company C, 10th Engineers (Forestry), and the next to captain, 10th Engi- 
neers (Forestry). Captain Condon held the following positions while in 
France : Supply officer, Forestry Troops, Ponteaux, Landes District ; com- 
manding ofificer, Company C, 10th Engineers ; adjutant, Forestry Troops, 
Ponteaux District; assistant to advance section forestry officer, Neufchateau, 
Vosges, in charge of distribution of forest products to the First and Second 
Armies. He was a member of the American Peace Commission, Italian 
Mission and War Damage Appraisal. He was cited by the Commander-in- 
Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces for "exceptionally meritorious 
service." 

COOK, RALPH CLAYTON, enlisted in the Signal Reserve Corps, 
August 25, 1917, and was called to active service on October 12, 1917. He 
was sent to Annapolis, Md., to investigate the problem of airplane motor 
lubrication. He was transferred to the 324th Field Signal Battalion, Camp 
Meade, Md., December 15, 1917. On January 22, 1918, he was transferred to 
Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics, as assistant, and later in charge 
of Air Service Aeronautical Lubricating Laboratory, at Washington, D. C, 
where he remained until discharged from the service on January 7, 1919. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant. Air Service, August 29, 1918. 

COON, HUGH W., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was transferred to the 6th Company, Provisional 
Battalion, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Camp Lee, Va. 

COPE, OSCAR MERRILL, was inducted into military service March 
9, 1918, and reported to Madison Barracks, N. Y. He was transferred to 
the Aerial School of Photography at Rochester, N. Y., on May 22, 1918, and 



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to the advanced school at Ithaca, N. Y., June 28. He was transferred to 
Field No. 2, Garden City, L. I., on October 9, 1918, and assigned to Photo 
Section No. 55. When the armistice was signed he was awaiting overseas 
orders. He was discharged on December 12, 1918. 

CORNMAN, CHARLES FREDERICK, entered the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

CRONEMEYER, CARL EDWARD, was drafted into militar)^ service 
September 9, 1917. He was sent to Camp Lee and assigned to Company E, 
320th Infantry, 80th Division. He was appointed corporal, October 19, 1917, 
sent to France May 17, 1918, and landed May 31, 1918. 

Corporal Cronemeyer was on the British front from June 3 to August 
20, 1919. He attended two British gas schools and on his return was 
appointed one of the gas non-commissioned officers in the company. He 
was on the American front from August 30 until the armistice was signed, 
and took part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. After hos- 
tilities ceased he took part in the 80th Division hike to the training area in 
the province of Cote d' Or, France. On February 8, 1919, he was sent to the 
camp hospital because of ill health. He passed through Base Hospital No. 
90, Chaumont; Base Hospital No. 88, Savenay Center, and Base Hospital 
No. 65, Kerhoun Center. He sailed from Brest, landing at Hoboken May 
25, 1919. He was sent to the base hospital at Camp Merritt, N. J., and later 
to General Hospital No. 24, Parkview Station, Pittsburgh, Pa., from which 
place he was discharged July 20, 1919. 

DARRAGH, BURTON ALEXANDER, entered the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant. He was transferred to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, and 
attached to the 318th Field Artillery. He was ordered to France as an 
aerial observer. 

DEANE, RANDOLPH FARWELL, attended the Second Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery, on November 27, 1917. He served with the 335th 
Field Artillery, 87th Division, Camp Pike, Ariz., from December 15, 1917, 
to May 8, 1918. He was attached to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot, 
Camp Jackson, S. C, May 8-26, 1918. He was transferred to Camp Dix, 
N. J., May 28, assigned to the 317th Trench Mortar Battery, 92nd Division, 
and sailed from Hoboken, N. J., June 19, 1918, arriving at Brest, France, 
June 26. He was in the training areas at Montmorillion, the Trench Mortar 
School, Langres, and at La Courtine, until October 1, 1918. 

Lieutenant Deane served at the front from the early part of October until 
November 18, 1918, near Pont-a-Mousson, in the Marbache sector. He 
arrived in the United States February 28, 1919, and was discharged March 
12, 1919. 

DICKEY, GEORGE DAMAN, served as a private in Company 7, 2nd 
Battalion, 152nd Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, N. Y. Later he was a candi- 
date for Chemical Air Service, School of Explosives, Columbia University, 
New York City. He was commissioned lieutenant from Columbia Univer- 
sity, and was awaiting transportation to France when the armistice was 
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DIEMER, HUGO, at the outbreak of war was Professor of Industrial 
Engineering at Penn State. As a result of his prompt action Penn State was 
one of the iirst colleges designated to carry on training for men specially quali- 
fied to be officers in the Quartermaster or Ordnance departments, and largely 
through his eftorts, had the distinction of furnishing over four hundred non- 
commissioned and commissioned officers to the Ordnance Department. After 
having been commissioned. Major Diemer was called, in July, 1917, to Frank- 
ford Arsenal, Philadelphia, to serve with several other officers as government 
representative in contractual relations, and as officer in charge of stations at 
the leading cartridge works. Major Diemer's work was of such high order 
that he was transferred to Lowell, Mass., as the representative of the Ord- 
nance Department ; in addition to this work he was appointed to represent 
the government with the Newton Manufacturing Company and the Interna- 
tional Steel Ordnance Company. In addition to these duties he acted as con- 
sulting expert to various plants at Lawrence, Newburyport, Hanover, Haver- 
hill, Waltham, and several others. 

The work at Lowell meant increasing the output from 600,000 cartridges 
a day, to over 3,000,000. After Major Diemer had expanded the plant to a 
4,000,000 daily production, he was recommended for promotion to the staff 
of General T. C. Dickson, head of all Army work at the Bethlehem Steel Com- 
pany. Major Diemer was transferred to this plant as Organizing Engineer, 
and in that capacity served until, at his own request, he was released. 

DOSCH, HENRY CARL, enlisted in the service November 15, 1917, 
and was sent to Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., December 20, 
1917. He was sent to "Officers' Training School on May 4, 1918, and com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps, September 14, of that 
year. He was stationed at Headquarters Northeastern Department as assist- 
ant to the department quartermaster, handling enlisted men's and Officers' 
pay and mileage. He was honorably discharged from the service December 
2, 1918. 

EASTON, NELSON, first entered the service from the First Pennsyl- 
sylvania Cavalry, being transferred from there to the First Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Niagara, May 11, 1917. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant August 15, 1917, assigned to the 79th Division, and promoted to 
first lieutenant December, 1917. He went overseas with the 79th and en- 
gaged with the 314th Infantry in the offensives of St. Mihiel and Meuse- 
Argonne. After the armistice Lieutenant Easton was sent to England, 
where he attended a special course of study arranged for U. S. Army students 
at the University of Nottingham. 

ELLIS, JOSEPH HENRY, served with Company A, 27th Engineers, 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

ETTERS, DAVID BENJAMIN, enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., May 12, 
1917, and was assigned as a corporal to Company D, of the 15th Engineers — - 
"The Pittsburgh Pioneers." He trained for one month at Oakmont, Pa. The 
regiment sailed for overseas duty July 9, 1917, and landed at Liverpool, 
England, July 30. The 15th landed at Le Havre late in July, and was sent 
to Vierson, in the central part of France. Corporal Etters was promoted 
to sergeant July 16, 1917, and appointed first sergeant June 2, 1918. Sergeant 
Etters was in many parts of France, ending his active service at Sedan. He 
spent twenty-two months in overseas' service. He left for Bordeaux April, 
1919, and was mustered out on May 15, 1919. 



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HUGO DIEMEK 




HENRY C. DOSCH 




J. A. ITLKMAX 




W. E. GAINES 





ALBERT A. HANSEN 




DAVID E. HARROWEB 



M. M. GRUBBS 



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FINKLE, RUFUS ROY, served in the army and was stationed at Camp 
Hancock, Ga. 

FISCHER, ALBERT F., enlisted at Bridgeport, Conn., May 24, 1918, 
and placed in the 28th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, N. Y. 
He was made corporal August 15, 1918, and transferred as of rank to Com- 
pany 1, Engineer Officers' Training School, Engineer Replacement Troops, 
unassigned, September 15, 1918. He was discharged November 27, 1918. 

FRYBERGER, PHILIP S., enlisted May 18, 1918, in the Canadian Ex- 
peditionary Force at Windsor, Ontario, for transfer to the Royal Air Force, 
but was never promoted above a private in the Western Ontario Regiment. 
He was discharged and transferred to the United States Army October 5, 
1918. He joined the Tank Corps just before the armistice was signed. 

FULKMAN, JOHN ALEXANDER, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Sanitary Corps, and ordered to Camp Greenleaf, Ga., for six weeks' 
training in the Sanitary Engineering School, after which he was assigned as 
camp sanitary engineer, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md., the largest gas 
manufacturing plant the Government had in operation. 

GAINES, WALTER EARL, entered the service as lieutenant. Ordnance 
Corps, July, 1917. He served in Washington until December, 1917, and then 
at Bethlehem Steel Works as assistant inspector of Ordnance, from Decem- 
ber until June, 1918. In January, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of 
captain. He served as army inspector of ordnance at the Mosler Safe Works, 
Hamilton, Ohio, from June until September, 1918, and at various ordnance 
plants in the vicinity of Louisville, Ky., from September until April, 1919. 
He was on the Cincinnati District Claims Board in settling claims from 
April to July 1, 1919, at which time he was honorably discharged. 

GRAHAM, JOSEPH BEALE, enlisted in Battery A, 1st New York 
Field Artillery, June 18, 1916, and served on the border during the summer 
of 1916. He was called into Federal service June 30, 1917, as corporal, and 
assigned to the 104th Field Artillery (later the 1st New York Field Artillery), 
from which he was transferred, February 8, 1918, to CompanyD, 30th Engi- 
neers, as a private. He arrived in France March 12, 1918, with this organ- 
ization. Private Graham remained with Company D, 30th Engineers, which 
was later the 1st Gas Regiment, until October 8, 1918, when he was trans- 
ferred to the Chemical Warfare Service at Puteaux and Harbor Field. 

He returned to the United States with Casual Detachment No. 2, Chemi- 
cal Warfare Service, landing at Newport News, January 8, and was mustered 
out of the service January 20, 1919, at Camp Humphreys, Va. Private Gra- 
ham engaged in these battles: Fere en Tardenois, July 30; Vesle river, August 
5 ; Les Eparges, St. Mihiel, September 12, and the Argonne, from September 
18 to October 8, 1918. 

GRUBBS, MARK MERTON, entered the First Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Sheridan, 111., May 12, 1917, and was commissioned provisional second 
lieutenant. Regular Army, August 15, 1917. He was attached and reported 
to the 57th Infantry, Camp Funston, Tex., August 29, 1917. On October 26, 
1917, he was assigned to the 19th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and 
on the same date was appointed first lieutenant of infantry. Lieutenant 
Grubbs served at the following stations in Texas : McAllen, Hidalgo, Browns- 
ville, Galveston, San Antonio and El Paso. He resigned from the service 
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GUILFORD, EDWARD FRANCIS, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant of infantry November 28, 1916, and was called to active duty at 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 5, 1917. He was commissioned captain of 
infantry August 17, 1917, and assigned to the 28th Division, Camp Hancock, 
Ga. On December 22, 1917, he was transferred to the 156th Depot Brigade, 
Camp Jackson, S. C, and on August 28, 1918, commissioned major of infantry. 
Major Guilford was discharged January 20, 1919. 

HAAS, ALBERT RICHARD, entered the infantry branch of the service 
as a second-class private at Camp Lee, Va. Later he was transferred to the 
Chemical Warfare Service at the University of Wisconsin, where he was pro- 
moted to the rank of sergeant and took an active part in studies of the efifects 
of war gases upon animals. 

HANSEN, ALBERT AUGUST, entered the Naval Aviation branch of 
the service in April, 1917. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Ground School, received his flight training at Pensacola, Fla., 
and was retained there as an instructor in flying until his discharge, April, 
1919. He was commissioned ensign. Dirigible Section, Naval Air Service. 

HARMAN, JOHN MILTON, was commissioned first lieutenant in the 
Officers' Reserve Corps, July 7, 1918. For a while Lieutenant Harman was 
assigned to the 211th Engineers, Camp Meade, Md., and was then transferred 
to the 8th Engineer Mounted Battalion, El Paso, Tex. From there he went 
into Mexico, June 15 and 16, 1919, in the pursuit of Villa, near Juarez, Mex. 
Later he was transferred to the Engineers' School, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

HARROWER, DAVID ELSON, sailed from New York on the French 
steamer, Rochambeau, June 25, 1917. He reached Bordeaux July 4, 1917. 
He enlisted on July 5, in the French Army for six months as conducteur in 
the American Red Cross Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Norton-Harjes Units). 
He went into training at Sandraicourt, near Paris, where he remained from 
July 6, to July 20, 1917. On July 22 he went to Vauxverrenes, the headquar- 
ters of Section Sanitaire Americaine No. 11, and from that date to September 
20, he carried the sick and wounded from posts near the front to the hospitals. 

On September 20, 1917, Conducteur Harrower departed for Ville-an- 
Tardenois, with the 74th Division, French Army. Ordered to Paris, he was 
released from the service October 5, 1917. He remained in Paris until Oc- 
tober 25, taking examinations for a commission in the Field Artillery Corps, 
and was commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery Officers' Reserve 
Corps. He was ordered to active service November 10, 1917, but did not 
receive the order until December 7, 1917. On December 8, he left for La- 
Valdahon Artillery School near Besoncon, Doubs. The 2nd Artillery Bri- 
gade, 2nd Division, arrived at camp on December 30, 1917, and Lieutenant 
Harrower was attached to Battery E, of the 15th Field Artillery. 

Lieutenant Harrower was detailed for balloon observation on January 
31, 1918, and began schooling with the French Balloon Company 84 at 
Etalans, three miles from camp. On March 14, 1918, he with division, left 
for the front. Upon reaching the sector south of Verdun, he was attached 
to the French Balloon Company 81 and later Balloon Company 20. 

Lieutenant Harrower went to Bordeaux on June 30, 1918, to take a short 
course in ballooning. On July 26 he left for the headquarters of the 6th 
French Army at Meaux, to act as aerial liaison officer. Three days later he 
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90th French Balloon Company, while the attack of the American and French 
troops was in full progress. On the same day he was changed to the French 
Balloon 54, operating with the American artillery. 

The Third American Army Corps was organized on August 4, 1918, and 
Balloon 54 was assigned as the army corps balloon. The advance continued 
in the region of Fere, Sergy, etc. The aerial activity was intense. On August 
20, at Drevegny, Lieutenant Harrower was attacked at 2,000 feet. He jumped, 
was badly bruised, but remounted as soon as the balloon was ready. For this 
daring deed he was proposed for the Croix de Guerre. A week later the 
Third American Army Corps was relieved by the 16th French Army Corps. 

On September 15, 1918, Lieutenant Harrower's company was attached 
to the Second Italian Army Corps, which was soon shifted to the left near 
Soissons. During this period he was fortunate in being able to do consider- 
able work for the Italian artillery under very adverse conditions, and was 
proposed by the commander of the air service of the corps for the Croce al 
Merito di Guerra. He was slightly gassed on October 8. On October 15 he 
was ordered to the 14th American Balloon Company at Valdahon to act as 
instructor for student observers. He was ordered to the front again on 
November 10, but the armistice had been signed when he arrived at Pont-a- 
Mousson. Later he was sent to Base Hospital No. 51 to recuperate from the 
effects of the gas. On February 22, 1919, he sailed from St. Nazaire on the 
Manchuria, and arrived in New York February 22, 1919. He was sent to 
Fox Hills, Staten Island, and then to Parkview Hospital, Pittsburgh, and 
finally to Philadelphia. Lieutenant Harrower was honorably discharged from 
the service June 19, 1919. 

Lieutenant Harrower has received two citations with a Croix de Guerre 
in each case. He has also received the Italian Croce al Merito di Guerra, 
and has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross. On October 
9, 1918, he was rated balloon observer, and on January 13, 1919, as Reserve 
Military Aeronaut. His notes on balloon bureau technique taken while with 
the French Army are incorporated in the balloon manual prepared by the 
War Department. 

HARTMAN, ARTHUR WINTON, received the commission of first 
lieutenant and was assigned to the 7th Cavalry, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 
April, 1918. He was transferred to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., in July, 1918, and 
promoted to captain, 2nd Cavalry. He was sent overseas with the 9th 
Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division. 

HARTZ, BARGE LLEWELLYN, enlisted in the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., and was commissioned first 
lieutenant. Field Artillery. He was assigned to the 312th Field Artillery, 
Camp Meade, Md., transferred to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, being 
assigned for duty with the Field Artillery Reserve Division; transferred to 
the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla. ; returned to Field Artillery Reserve 
Division, Camp Jackson, S. C, for duty as instructor to officers' training 
units; commissioned captain, and assigned to 4th Regiment, Field Artillery 
Reserve Division, as commanding officer of 1st Battalion, until October 31, 
1918. Captain Hartz received overseas orders, which were held up at the port 
of embarkation. He was discharged December 5, 1918. 

KENNING, LLOYD C, enlisted in the service April 4, 1918, and was 
sent to France May 25, 1918. He took part in the St. Mihiel offensive from 
September 12 to October 4, 1918, and the Argonne Forest offensive from 



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October 8 to November 10, 1918. He returned to the United States July 7, 
and was mustered out of service July 17, 1919. He was promoted to sergeant 
May 1, 1918, for special duty. 

HORNE, LAURENCE BRINTON, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp August 23, 1917, and was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Infantry, Reserve Officers' Corps, November 27, 1917. On December 15, 
1917, he was assigned to the 17th Infantry, and attached to Company A, 17th 
Infantry, on duty at Camp Forrest, Chickamauga Park, Ga., March 21, 1918, 
assigned to Headquarters, 17th U. S. Infantry, which headquarters were then 
placed at the disposal of the Southeastern Department Headquarters and 
moved to Charleston, S. C, and April, 1918, on special duty at Fort Sill, Okla., 
for a special course in field fortifications. He completed this course success- 
fully and returned to the 17th Infantry June 2, 1918. He was placed in 
command of the supply detachment of the 17th Infantry June 27, 1918, and 
moved with it to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. On July 11, 1918, he was 
commissioned captain of infantry, and July 28 rejoined headquarters 17th 
Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. On August 1, 1918, he was transferred to the 
71st Infantry, as regimental supply officer and commander of supply company. 

Captain Home was discharged from the service April 9, 1919. 

HORNER, RICHARD HENRY, entered the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., and finished the third school for officers, 
April 19, 1918. He was assigned to Battery C, 308th Field Artillery Re- 
placement Depot, as sergeant. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery, June 1, 1918. On July 23, 1918, he was transferred to the School 
of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and entered the 31st class. Section C (light horse), 
for a ten weeks' course in the more scientific principles of artillery fire. On 
October 10, 1918, he was assigned to the 34th Field Artillery, Battery C, 
stationed at Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala. Lieutenant Horner was dis- 
charged January 29, 1919. 

HORNING, ROBERT BLAND, enrolled November 20, 1917, in the 
United States Naval Reserve Force, with the rank of lieutenant junior grade. 
Lieutenant Horning finished the course at Annapolis, Md., and was assigned 
to U. S. S. Seattle as electrical officer. The Seattle at that time was engaged 
in convoying troop ships to Brest. He was later detached from the Seattle 
and ordered to the Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, N. H., as fire control and 
radio officer. He was promoted to rank and grade of lieutenant, April, 1918. 
His duties at the Navy Yard consisted of installation of radio apparatus on 
Naval and Shipping Board vessels, together with the installation of fire con- 
trol apparatus on submarines and cruisers. He was detached from the Navy 
Yard and placed on inactive list, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, March 15, 1919. 

HOWLEY, LEONARD ANTHONY, entered the Third Reserve Offi- 
cers' Training Camp, and was sent overseas as Sergeant, Battery C, 307th 
Field Artillery. 

IKELER, KENNETH COLE, entered a training school for remount 
officers at Camp Shelby, Miss., June 1, 1918, and was commissioned captain. 
On August 31, 1918, he was dispatched to the animal embarkation port, 
Charleston, S. C. After two weeks he was ordered to Auxiliary Remount 
Depot 333 at Jacksonville, Fla. At this station he was assigned as command- 
ing officer of Field Remount Squadron No. 340 to be organized for immediate 
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BOBEBT B. HOBNING 




CLARENCE M. JONB8 




THOMAS V. KEEFE 




RALPH B. KIEK 




THOMAS 0. LINN 




J. H. MENDENHALL 




WILLIAM V. MOTER 



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On October 22, 1918, Squadron No. 340 left Jacksonville, sailed from 
Hoboken October 27, and arrived in Liverpool, England, November 7, 1918. 
A day was spent in the rest camp at Codford, England, before arriving at 
Le Havre, France, November 10, 1918, the day before the armistice was 
signed. At Le Havre the squadron members were loaded in box cars for a 
rest camp at Bassens. Later they were ordered to their first station at De- 
Souge, about fifty miles from Bordeaux. On January 6, 1919, they were trans- 
ferred to Remount Depot No. 7, Merignac, located in the suburbs of Bordeaux. 

Upon his return to the United States, Captain Ikeler was discharged from 
Camp Dix, N. J., July 26, 1919. 

JONES, CLARENCE MAURICE, was accepted for enlistment at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., November 27, 1917. On December 7, 1917, he enlisted as a 
private at Fort Slocum, N. Y., in the aviation branch of the service. After 
one week at Fort Slocum he was transferred to Kelly Field, Tex., where 
he played in the first authorized air service band, which was the post band 
in the flying department at Kelly Field. On January 10, 1919, he was 
advanced to the grade of musician first class, and on March 3, 1919, he was 
promoted to the rank of assistant band leader of the first air service band. 
He was honorably discharged from the service at Kelly Field, May 29, 1919. 

KARCHER, HARRY EDWARD, enlisted as master electrician in the 
Signal Corps. 

*KEEFE, THOMAS VICTOR, attended the Fourth Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Custer, Michigan, and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, August 31, 1918, from the Field Artillery Central Officers' 
Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was assigned 
to duty with the Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp Zachary Taylor, 
with which he served until his death. Lieutenant Keefe died October 26, 
1918, at the Base hospital. Camp Taylor, from lobular pneumonia. On 
November 6, 1918, Lieutenant Colonel Higley wrote as follows : "Lieutenant 
Keefe while here demonstrated thoroughly his value to the service by the 
efficient manner in which he discharged each duty that fell to his lot. He 
was respected and admired by all who knew him and his death is a distinctly 
felt loss both to the service and to his associates." 

KERR, WILLIAM GIVEN, enlisted as a sergeant, in the gas defense 
service of the Medical Corps, and was stationed at Easton, Pa., inspecting 
chemicals. In June, 1918, he went to Camp Meade and was assigned to 
the First Battery of Field Artillery, Officers' Training School, Camp Meade. 
He received the commission of second lieutenant. Field Artillery, at Camp 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., in September, 1918, and was assigned to Battery C, 
11th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. 

KINCAID, SAMUEL C, attended the Naval Aviation School, at the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 

KIRK, RALPH EMERSON, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned captain of infantry, 
and assigned to the command of Company C, 50th Infantry, Regular Army, 
at Camp Green, N. C. He was transferred February 15, 1918, to the Chester 
Shipbuilding Company's Plant, Chester, Pa., as commanding officer of a 
detachment of the 50th Infantry, consisting of Company C and part of Com- 
pany F. On June 21, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Merritt, N. J., and 



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then to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C, October 5, 1918, with the 50th 
Infantry. Captain Kirk vi^as honorably discharged from the service Decem- 
ber 5, 1918. 

KIRKPATRICK, HENRY HALSEY, entered the Second Reserve Of- 
cers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, and assigned to the 13th Battalion, 5th Regiment, Field Artillery 
Replacement Depot at Camp Jackson, S. C. 

KRELL, FREDERICK CARL, enlisted in the 10th Engineers (For- 
estry) and was ordered to France as a sergeant, 10th Engineers. 

KRIMMEL, WARREN ARTHUR, enlisted in the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August, 1917. He was trans- 
ferred to the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., in 
January, 1918, and to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot at Camp Jack- 
son, S. C, in May, 1918. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery, in June, 1918, a«d went overseas with the August automatic re- 
placement draft August, 1918, and was stationed at Camp Hunt, lacorreau, 
France, in September, 1918. Later he was attached to the 326th Field 
Artillery, 84th Division, at Camp Souge, France. Lieutenant Krimmel re- 
turned to the United States in February, 1919, and was later discharged 
from the service. 

KUSCHKE, ALBERT RUSSELL, was commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to the 21st Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was trans- 
ferred to Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., and assigned to the 79th Field 
Artillery. 

LEVI, NEWTON REGINALD, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was attached to Company 3. 

LIGHTFOOT, HAROLD C, served as sergeant, Quartermasters Corps, 
and superintendent of water supply and sewerage at Camp Lee, Va., from 
October, 1917, to May, 1918. From May, 1918, to June, 1919, he was master 
engineer, 305th Engineers, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces. 
He took part in the following engagements : Artois sector, St. Mihiel (re- 
serves), and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. 

LINN, THOMAS COLE, enlisted June 26, 1917, in the United States 
Army Ambulance Service and was called to Camp Crane at Allentown on 
August 15, 1917, where he was assigned to Section 520, U. S. Army Ambu- 
lance Service. On March 4, 1918, he Avas transferred to the surgeon. Aero- 
nautic General Supply Depot and Concentration Camp, Garden City, L. I. 
He left the United States for foreign service September 2, 1918, under the 
surgeon of the 830th Aero Squadron, and landed at Liverpool September 15, 
1918. He moved through England to France via Winchester Rest Camp 
and Southampton, to Le Havre. Still with the 830th Squadron, he was 
sent to a large aviation camp under construction, near Chaumont, where he 
remained until November 12, 1918, when the squadron moved back to Air 
Service Production Center No. 2, near Romorantin, where he remained until 
March 2nd, and was then called to the Sorbonne Detachment, Paris, to 
attend the University Course. He left Paris for Brest toward the close of 
June, 1919, and left Brest in Casual Company No. 2265 on the Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria. He landed at Hoboken and was discharged from Camp 
Mitchell, L. I., on July 23, 1919. 



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MASON, CHARLES McCARGO, was commissioned second lieutenant 
in the Field Artillery Reserve Corps. 

MATEY, ANDREW, was commissioned second lieutenant, and assigned 
to Company 5, Engineer Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Camp Humph- 
reys, Va. 

MENDENHALL, JOHN HARLAN, enlisted in the Signal Corps, Avia- 
tion Section^ and was sent to the United States School of Military Aero- 
nautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from the 
ground school August, 1917. He was sent abroad September, 1917, entered 
the French flying school at Tours, November, 1917, and received the French 
Brevet, March, 1918. He entered the Third Aviation Instruction Center at 
Issoudon, April, 1918, and completed the chasse course. Field 8, July, 1918. 
He was stationed at A. A. A. P. No. 1 from July 18 to January, 1919, as 
officer in charge of Nieuport and Spad sections. 

MILLER, JAMES McDONALD, enlisted as a private, was assigned 
to Company A, 10th Engineers (Forestry), and in a very short tiine sent 
overseas. 

MOVER, WILLIAM VANCE, enlisted in the Regular Army of the 
United States, May 25, 1917, at Fort Slocum, N. Y. He was transferred to 
Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., on June 4, 1917, and from there to the United 
States Army transport, Henry R. Mallory, on June 9, 1917. He was on duty 
in the transport hospital, and left the United States with the first troops for 
overseas on June 14. On September 15, 1917, he received his warrant as 
sergeant. Medical Department, and served in this capacity in the transport 
hospital until April 13, 1918, at which time the transport was taken over by 
the Navy, and Sergeant Moyer was transferred to the office of the surgeon, 
port of embarkation, Hoboken. On September 26, 1918, he received a war- 
rant appointing him sergeant, first class, Medical Department, and on Jan- 
uary 2, 1919, received warrant as hospital sergeant Medical Department, re- 
maining at the same station until honorably discharged March 3, 1919. 

MURPHY, GEORGE PAXSON, was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, June 19, 1917, and entered active service 
September 2, 1917. Between September 2 and September 27, 1917, Lieutenant 
Murphy attended the American University at Washington, D. C. He was 
with the 105th Engineers after September 27, 1917, and commanded a platoon 
of Company F until October 26, 1918, with the exception of the time when 
he was with the advanced detachment school in May, June, and July, 1918, 
and one week in October, 1918. 

Lieutenant Murphy was commissioned first lieutenant. Engineers, 
February 22, 1918, and was promoted to captain of engineers, on October 26, 
1918. He was cited in orders for meritorious conduct in the action of Sep- 
tember 29, 1918, at Bellicourt, France. He was mustered out of service, May 
15, 1919. 

Captain Murphy served with the 30th Division, a National Army unit 
from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, and after the division 
carried out a part of the operations at Bellicourt it was withdrawn for replace- 
ments. The 30th was again moving to the line when the armistice was signed. 

MURRAY, CHAUNCEY ROGERS, enlisted in the United States Navy 
and was appointed assistant paymaster, U. S. S. Supply, Pacific Station, San 



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. T. RODGERS 



- ', 'm^ ; 




E. T. SMITH 




A. D. KEBER 



HAROLD S. ROGERS 





A. L. SOLLEDER 



RAYMOND B. SATLOR 



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Francisco, Cal. He was later commissioned lieutenant, U. S. Navy, and 
assigned to the U. S. S. Siboney, in the transport service. 

PATTERSON, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, was admitted to the Field 
Artillery Officers' Training Camp at Camp Custer, Mich., on May 15, 1918. 
He received the commission of second lieutenant. Field Artillery, at Camp 
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., on September 1, 1918. He was ordered to 
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., and placed in command of Battery C, 7th 
Regiment, Field Artillery Reserve Division, where he remained until dis- 
charged on December 5, 1918. He was promoted to first lieutenant on Oc- 
tober 20, 1918. 

REBER, ALVIN DAVID, enlisted as private first class, in the Signal 
Officers' Reserve Corps, Aviation Section, Mineola, L. I. He was assigned 
to the .School of Military Aeronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Cambridge, Mass. Upon completing the course there, he was sent 
to Love Field, Dallas, Tex., for flying instructions. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Aviation Section, Military Aeronautics, February 21, 1918. 
He was detailed to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., as an instructor, and was later 
transferred to Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala., as a flying instructor. While 
instructing in aeronautics. Lieutenant Reber was injured in a crash to the 
ground, and sent to the base hospital, where he remained for three months 
with a fractured jaw and leg. He returned to Taylor Field on flying duty 
October 1, 1918. He resigned from the Army December 23, 1918. 

RICE, GEORGE LANDIS, was appointed second lieutenant and sent 
to the American University, Washington, D. C, for training. 

RICHARDS, RALPH WALLACE, entered the Army May 25, 1918, 
and was a member of Company B, 304th Engineers, 79th Division. He 
left for overseas July 6, 1918, and landed at Brest July 14, 1918. He 
went into training in the training area at a town called Con Blanc, near 
Dijon. Company B started to move up to the front about September 12, 
1918. On the night of September 25 Company B went into the Argonne 
drive and came out October 8, and was ordered into the St. Mihiel sector 
then preparing for the drive on Metz which was due when the armistice was 
signed. On October 19, 1918, Private Richards was severely wounded, and 
sent to Base Hospital No. 202 at Orleans, and Base Hospital No. 101, at 
St. Nazaire. He left France December 27, 1918, on Hospital Ship Madawaska, 
and landed at Newport News, January 12, 1919. He was sent to Debarkation 
Hospital No. 51, Old Point Comfort, Va., until January 26, and the base 
hospital at Camp Meade, Md., until February 8, 1919. He was discharged 
from the Army February 14, 1919. 

ROBINSON, R. R., enlisted in the military service and was ordered to 
Camp Sherman, Ohio. From there he went to Philadelphia and sailed on 
June 10, 1918, by way of Halifax, to Liverpool, England, landing on June 28. 
He trained in Brittany, and saw action in the Argonne at Montfaucon, at 
Brabaut, on the Meuse below Verdun, and at Dun sur Menete. He received 
a citation for action in Bois de Conservoi, and was promoted to first sergeant, 
Battery D, 323rd Field Artillery. He was in the march to the Rhine with 
the 32nd Division, arrived December 13, 1918, and left Germany April 
22, 1919. 

*RODGERS, GEORGE TRIMBLE, joined Company F, 10th Regiment 
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his regiment was called for service on the Mexican border, he left Indiana, 
Pa., with his company, and on its return was elected second lieutenant of 
the Indiana company. When the National Guard of Pennsylvania was again 
called into active service. Lieutenant Rodgers responded to the call, and was 
stationed at Camp Hancock, Ga., until the regiment was sent overseas. At 
Camp Hancock this regiment was changed to the 110th Infantry, 28th Di- 
vision. While at Camp Hancock he was promoted to first lieutenant. Head- 
quarters' Company, and put in command of the one-pounders. 

With his regiment he arrived in Liverpool, England, May 16, 1918, 
reached Calais, France, May 18, and La Colique, France, May 22. From 
May 22 to June 9, 1918, he was in training with the British. He was then 
transferred to the French and placed in the line. He first went into action 
at the Marne, July 8, 1918, at Coude-en-Brie, and participated in the follow- 
ing engagements : Champaign-Marne defensive ; Aisne-Marne Offensive, and 
Grimpettes Woods. Lieutenant Rodgers was killed in action on July 29, 
1918, in a sector on the Ourcq river, having been shot through the fore- 
head by a machine-gun bullet. He is buried in the American Battle Area 
Cemetery, Commune of Roucheres, Aisne, north of Courmont and south of 
Grimpettes Woods. He was held in high regard by his men, officers and 
friends. 

RODGERS, JOHN A., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Warden Mc'Lean, Chattanooga, Tenn., and was commissioned 
provisional second lieutenant in the Regular Army. 

ROGERS, HAROLD STANLEY, was ordered to active duty at the 
Engineer Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., and received 
the commission of second lieutenant, Engineers' Reserve Corps. He served 
at Camp Lee, Va., until February 6, 1918, when he was relieved of duty and 
assigned to the 34th Engineers, Camp Dix, N. J. Lieutenant Rogers sailed 
for France and arrived at Brest July 17, 1918. He returned to the United 
States July 4, and was discharged July 30, 1919. 

SARVER, JAMES V., attended the Third Engineer Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Lee, Va., and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps. He was assigned to Company B, 307tli 
Engineers, 82nd Division, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., March 8, 1918. He 
was transferred to Company D, 307th Engineers, and sent overseas May 19, 
1918. On November 11, 1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant. He was 
transferred to Company E, 113th Engineers, February 19, 1919. He returned 
to the United States June 19, and was discharged from the service July 
14, 1919. 

SAYLOR, RAYMOND B., was appointed second lieutenant in the 
Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. A., and stationed at the American University 
Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, where he was on duty from April 1 
to December 24, 1918, being mustered out of the service on the latter date. 

SEITZ, GEORGE HOWARD, enlisted June, 1917, and was sent 
to the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. On 
completion of the course he was commissioned first lieutenant. Infantry, and 
ordered to Camp Kelly, San Antonio, Tex., where he was assigned as instructor 
in bayonet drill. He was later transferred to the Aviation Section, Signal 
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After serving for about six months in this branch of the service he was 
transferred to the Aviation Section of the Army, and commissioned as first 
lieutenant as a pilot. He was kept in Texas until November, 1918, when he 
was transferred to Garden City, N. Y. There he received his overseas' orders 
and was about to sail when the armistice was signed. As Lieutenant Seitz 
was connected with no particular company or regiment, he was released the 
latter part of November, 1918. 

SELKREGG, FRED MILLS, enlisted as a private and was assigned 
to Company M, 23rd Engineers, Camp Meade, Md. He was promoted to ser- 
geant, first class, and served for fifteen months in France. 

SHORE, HAROLD E., enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 
Force, May, 1917, as chief machinist's mate and was assigned to U. S. S. 
Miramar. He was commissioned ensign, December, 1917, and assigned engi- 
neer officer on the mine sweeper, U. S. S. Gallup. He was assigned to sub- 
marine service February, 1918, in Submarine Force No. 7, Navigation, Con- 
struction and Repair Officer, U. S. S. K-3. He was placed on inactive duty, 
March 1, 1919. 

SHRYOCK, HARRY L., was inducted into the service May 25, 1918, 
at Rustburg, Va., and sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to the 
40th Company, 10th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade. He received 
a corporal's warrant August 10, 1918. He was transferred to Field Artillery 
Central Officers' Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., 
September 10, 1918, and was attached to the 14th Observation Battery. On 
October 15, 1918, he was transferred to the 42nd Training Battery. He was 
discharged from the service November 30, 1918. 

SMITH, EDGAR THOMPSON, was commissioned as captain. Engi- 
neers, June 28, 1917. He attended the Second Engineer Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., from September 2 to November 30, and 
was assigned to the 308th Engineers at Camp Sherman, Ohio. On January 20 
he was ordered overseas as a casual officer, and sailed January 26 on the S. S. 
Philadelphia, landing at Liverpool, England, February 5, and at Le Havre, 
February 7, 1918. He was attached to the 19th Engineers at Nevers as 
assistant mechanical engineer in the railroad transportation corps. At the 
time the armistice was signed he was sent to Tours as a mechanical engineer. 
He was ordered to sail for the United States March 19, 1919, on S. S. La 
Tourroine. He arrived in Hoboken March 29, and was discharged at Camp 
Sherman May 7, 1919. 

SOLLEDER, ALBERT LEA, entered the military service October 16, 
1918, and was sent to the Central Field Artillery Officers' Training School 
at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was discharged from service 
November 26, 1918. 

SPARVER, EDWARD CHESTER, served in the civilian branch of the 
Signal Corps in the Eastern and Central departments of the Army. He was 
listed as inspector of airplanes and airplane engines, in the Inspection Section, 
Equipment Division. He later enlisted in the Aviation Corps, Air Service, 
was commissioned first lieutenant, assigned to overseas' duty. Lieutenant 
Sparver was discharged February 20, 1919. 

SPIEGLE, RALPH GEORGE, after serving on the Mexican border as 
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June to October, 1916, entered the service again when the 1st Regiment 
(Infantry) was called out in March, 1917. He served as second lieutenant 
of Company B, which was stationed around Philadelphia guarding bridges and 
property. In October, 1917, he went with the 1st Regiment to Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., where he was later commissioned first lieutenant, 109th In- 
fantry. Lieutenant Spiegle remained at Camp Hancock until the regi- 
ment sailed about May 1, 1918. He landed in England and was sent 
directly across to France, where he participated with Company B, 109th 
Infantry, 28th Division, in all the battles of the Marne, from Chateau Thierry 
to Fismes, where he was wounded on August 11, 1918, by a high explosive, 
which blinded him. His sight partially returned in a short time, but he was 
kept in hospitals in France until February, 1919, when he was returned to 
to the United States and kept in hospitals here until June 4, 1919, at which 
time he was honorably discharged.- 

STEEL, CHARLES B., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Engineer Corps. He v^^as transferred to Camp American University, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and from there to Camp Lee, Va., where he was instructor 
for Company 1, Engineer Reserve Officers' Training Camp. He was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant and transferred to Vancouver Barracks, Washington, 
where he was assigned to the 604th Engineers, which was then being organ- 
ized. He was later ordered overseas with the 604th Engineers. Lieutenant 
Steel's overseas' service covered the period from September 1, 1918, to June 
22, 1919, during which time he took part in the Meuse-Argonne oiifensive 
October 26 to November 11, 1918. He was discharged July 2, 1919, at 
Washington, D. C. 

STONER, CHRISTY ERVINE, entered the military service as a pri- 
vate and was assigned to the 317th Machine Gun Company, 80th Division. 
He was promoted to sergeant and later commissioned lieutenant. Infantry. 
He served in France with the 80th Division. 

STUART, JOSEPH ALEXANDER, attended the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 17, 1918, and was com- 
missioned first lieutenant. He was assigned to Company F, 56th United 
States Infantry, 7th Division, and ordered overseas some time later. 

TOWNSEND, RALPH S., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., on August 23, 1917, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery, November 27, 1917, and was assigned to 
the 351st Field Artillery at Camp Meade, Md. He joined the regiment 
December 15, 1917. Lieutenant Townsend sailed for France with his regi- 
ment June 19, 1918, and after special training in gas defense at Chaumont 
went into action the latter part of October, 1918, in the Marbach sector 
between Nancy and Metz, using 155-mm howitzers, tractor drawn. He was 
promoted to first lieutenant November 8, 1918. On February 16, 1919, he 
returned to the United States with his regiment, and was discharged March 
8, 1919. 

UNDERWOOD, ALFRED IRWIN, was a member of the 53rd Train- 
ing Battery, Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Zachary 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., when the armistice was signed. He was discharged 
from the service December 2, 1918. 



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CHARLES B. STBETL 




R. S. TOWNSBND 




ALFRED I. UNDERWOOD 





LEON F. WOOD 




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WEAVER, PARK J., entered the Third Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, and was commissioned second lieutenant, National Army, June 1, 
1918, at Camp Jackson, S. C. Lieutenant Weaver served with the 9th and 
later with the 26th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp 
Jackson. He was finally assigned to the Colored Battalion, 1st Brigade, 
July 25, 1918. He was ordered to the School of Fire, Field Artillery, Fort 
Sill, Okla., September 9, 1918. At the completion of the course he was as- 
signed to the 49th Regiment, Light Field Artillery, and stationed at Fort Sill. 
He was discharged from the service December 19, 1918, from the 49th 
Regiment, Field Artillery. 

WESTON, THEODORE HALL, served with the 7th Engineers in the 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

WILSON, WALTER R., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

WILLIAMS, CHARLES FREDERICK, entered the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., September 1, 1917, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant November 29, 1917. On December 15, 1917, 
he was assigned to the 58th Infantry, 4th Division, at Camp Green, Char- 
lotte, N. C. On January 1, 1918, the 3rd Division, also stationed at Camp 
Green, organized three machine-gun battalions, and as they were greatly 
in need of officers. Lieutenant Williams was transferred to the 9th Machine 
Gun Battalion January 6, 1918, with which organization he remained until 
he was discharged. 

The 3rd Division sailed April 2, 1918, arrived at Liverpool, England, 
April 10, and landed at Le Havre, France, April 17. After several days at 
rest camps and on French trains, the 3rd Division reached the small village 
of Dinteville (Haute-Marne). 

On May 30 Lieutenant Williams received orders to report to the Second 
Corps School at Chattelor-sur-Seine for a course in the Hotchkiss machine 
gun. Lieutenant Williams joined his company at Crezancy, on the Marne, 
July 1, 1918. The company was sent to the reserve line on the night of July 
4, 1918. On the night of July 14, the 3rd Division took up new positions in 
the Bois d'Aigremont, near Crezancy, and from then until August 11, 1918, 
Lieutenant Williams' company was constantly in action. 

After spending two weeks at RefTroy, resting, re-equipping and drilling 
replacements, the 3rd Division was again on its way, September 1, 1918, to 
St. Mihiel sector. This division was held in reserve when the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive opened, but relieved the 79th Division before Montafucon on Oc- 
tober 1, 1918. On October 11, 1918, Lieutenant Williams was wounded by 
a high explosive shell and was sent to the hospital the next day. He arrived 
at Base Hospital No. 27 at Angers, October 19, 1918, and was discharged on 
November 14, and left for a three weeks' sick leave in southern France. He 
finally succeeded in getting back to his company then located in Germany. 

The 3rd Division sailed from Brest Atigust 10, and arrived in the United 
States August 18, 1919. Lieutenant Williams was discharged September 
8, 1919. 

The 9th Machine Gun Battalion received a citation for its bravery under 
fire. Lieutenant Williams was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 
January 6, 1919, with the following citation : 

"Although wounded by a high explosive shell. Lieutenant Williams 
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successfully defended his positions from counter-attack until completely 
exhausted." On his Victory ribbon he is privileged to wear five stars, four 
of bronze and one of silver. The silver star covers a special citation given 
him by his commanding general during the Champagne-Marne defensive and 
offensive. 

WOOD, LEON FOREST, enlisted in the Air Service, Naval Reserve 
Force, March, 1918. In May, 1918, he reported for duty at the ground 
school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for 
training in engineering inspection of aeronautical materials. He vi^as trans- 
ferred to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation of Buffalo, N. Y., 
for further training on September 1, 1918. From there he was transferred to 
Akron, Ohio, November 15, 1918. On January 21, 1919, he was discharged 
from the rank of chief quartermaster, given a commission as ensign, and 
ordered to inactive duty on April 15, 1919. 

WRIGHT, HARRY F., served as a private in the Meteorological Head- 
quarters, American Expeditionary Forces. 

YARDLEY, BERNARD V. H., applied for enlistment in the Air 
Service, Aviation Section, December 3, 1917, and was sent to Fort 
Slocum, N. Y. He was then sent on to Fort Slocum, examined and sworn 
into the U. S. Army, on December 14, 1917, and transferred to Camp Lee, 
Va., via Washington, D. C. Upon arrival at Camp Lee he was attached 
to Company 5, Provisional Battalion, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, where 
he trained during January and February, 1918. He was then transferred to 
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. He was appointed first sergeant of the 67th 
Aero Squadron, and transferred to the Officers' Radio School, Columbia 
University, N. Y. After completing a thirteen weeks' course here, he was 
transferred to the U. S. General Hospital No. 1 on account of illness and was 
afterwards sent to the Camp Dix Base Hospital for treatment. After being 
discharged from the hospital he was sent to the discharging office of the 
153rd Depot Brigade to assist in mustering out returning soldiers. He 
received his honorable discharge January 4, 1919. 

TROTTER, DONALD P., on December 24, 1917, enlisted in the 
Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, Aviation Section, as a private, first class. 
On March 16, 1918, he was ordered to the School of Military Aeronautics, 
Princeton University, and was graduated in June. He reported to Chanute 
Field, Rantoul, 111., for flying instruction on June 26. On October 30, 1918, 
he was commissioned second lieutenant. Air Service, Reserve Military Avia- 
tor. He was then ordered to Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., for pursuit 
and aerial gunnery on October 30, and was discharged January 8, 1919. 

1914 

ALDRICH, FRED ROYAL, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Lee, Va. 

ALLEN, GEORGE E., was commissioned second lieutenant in the Avia- 
tion branch. 

ASHBROOK, FRANK GETZ, enlisted in the service and was commis- 
sioned first lieutenant. Sanitary Corps, Medical Department, February 12, 
1918. He was ordered to Camp Greenleaf, S. C, where he was attached to 



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W. S. BARNHAKT 





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JOSEPH H. BOWMAN 




PEBCIVAL H CAPEWBLIi 



H. W. BLOOMFIELD 



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the school for cooks and bakers. Here he was supply and mess officer. He 
was also physical director. Lieutenant Ashbrook was transferred to Camp 
Cody, New Mexico, September 1, 1918, where he assisted in organizing the 
Infantry brigade for the 97th Division. 

BANES, CLARENCE RAYMOND, entered the service September 5, 
1917, at Camp Meade, Md., was appointed sergeant October 15, 1917, and 
first sergeant November 1, 1917. He entered Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Jackson, S. C, January 1, 1918, completed the course April 15, 1918, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, June 1, 1918. Lieutenant 
Banes sailed for France July 1. He entered Saumur Artillery School upon ar- 
rival and finished his training there October 15. He rejoined the 311th Field 
Artillery at La Courtine, and left for Verdun November 9, 1918. In March, 
1919, Lieutenant Banes entered the University of Clermont Teuond, March 1, 
1919, and finished his course July 1, 1919. He visited Belgium, Germany, 
Switzerland and Italy, and returned to the United States August 1, 1919. He 
was discharged August 15, 1919. 

BALDWIN, HOWARD CLYDE, enlisted as chief carpenter's mate on 
August 28, 1917, in the constructor's office. He was transferred to the Naval 
Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, in September, 1917, and commissioned assist- 
ant naval constructor (ensign), on February 13, 1918. He was assigned at 
Philadelphia as wood technologist on aircraft construction. Ensign Baldwin 
was commissioned lieutenant, junior grade and assistant naval constructor 
on December 20, 1918. He was released from active duty on February 12, 
1919. 

BARNHART, WILLIAM STEEL, enlisted in the Aviation Section, 
Signal Corps. He was graduated from the United States School of Military 
Aeronautics at Princeton, N. J., on December 18, 1917, transferred to the 
aviation concentration camp at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., and then to Scott 
Field, Belleville, 111., where he received his preliminary flying training. He 
was discharged from the service after the armistice was signed. 

BARR, PASCHAL WILLIAM, was appointed first lieutenant. United 
States Reserves, Ordnance Department, and was assigned to the Production 
Section, Carriage Division, Ordnance, at Washington, D. C. He was pro- 
moted to captain and sent overseas where he was associated with the Chief 
Ordnance Officer, Heavy Artillery, at Tours. 

BARRY, PHILIP ALOYSIUS, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

BAUMAN, EUGENE KENNETT, entered the military service October 
9, 1917, and sailed for France, January 21, 1918, with Company B, 23rd Engi- 
neers. He held the rank of sergeant, first class. He entered the Engineering 
Candidates' School at Langres, France, as a candidate for commission in the 
Engineer Corps, October 5, 1918, and completed the course January 1, 1919. 
After the armistice was signed no commissions were given at that school. 
On February 27, 1919, he entered the University of Montpellier at Mont- 
pellier, France. He returned to the United States July 26, 1919, and was 
discharged from the service July 29, 1919. 

*BEBOUT, JAMES DALLAS, before the Mexican trouble, enlisted in 
Troop A, United States Cavalry, from the District of Columbia. He was 
made a corporal, and later a sergeant, and returned to Washington, March 



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1, 1917. As soon as war with Germany was declared "Red" went to the First 
Officers' Training Camp, at Fort Myer, Va., where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant. He took a special course in trench warfare at Harvard 
University and afterwards was assigned to Company D, 318th Infantry, sta- 
tioned at Camp Lee, Va. On December 31, 1917, he was commissioned first 
lieutenant, and in January, 1918, took a special course in bayonet work at 
Fort Sill, Okla. When he was returned to Camp Lee, he was placed in charge 
of the bayonet school and was restored to his company about May 1, 1918. 

Lieutenant Bebout sailed for France May 21, 1918. His overseas' experi- 
ences can best be told by quoting from a letter received from E. C. Shively, 
Battalion Adjutant, as follows : 

"I was with 'Red' constantly from the time we came across vuitil five 
minutes before he was killed, with the exception of a few weeks up in the 
British sector, when he was evacuated to the hospital on account of sick- 
ness. 

"His spirit at all times, was wonderful. Shortly after we came over, 
Major Halpin appointed 'Red' transport officer of our battalion, but he 
thought it would take him away from his front-line duties and he raised 
such a fuss that he was finally sent back to his Company and his platoon, 
despite the fact that we did not have an officer at that time who was capable 
of taking his place. ■ 

" 'Red' was the first officer in our battalion to be killed, and was killed 
in the first action we participated in, in the American sector. Our division 
had gone over with the rest of the Army on the morning of September 26, 
but our brigade was in reserve and we never got into the front until Sunday 
morning, September 29, 1918. 'Red' was killed that evening just before 
dark. ■ — 

"We relieved a front-line battalion of the 59th Regiment Sunday morn- 
ing about 6 o'clock, in the southern edge of the Bois de BrieuUes, and it took 
us all day to clear that woods of snipers and machine guns. It was nearly 
dark when we got through to the northern edge of the woods. A brigade 
attack being ordered that evening, a volunteer platoon was called for to 
maintain liaison between elements of the 58th and 59th regiments, and 'Red' 
volunteered. Earlier in the day 'Red' had been slightly wounded in the 
mouth and had come back to have his mouth dressed. Several officers vol- 
unteered, but 'Red' was chosen, because Major Sweeney thought he was 
more competent to carry out the mission. 

"I went down to the edge of the woods with 'Red,' and could see 
the action plainly. The barrage was too far over, and the elements on his 
right and left did not advance a foot, but 'Red' took his platoon up the 
hill, just north of the Bois de Brieulles, but the machine gun fire was too 
heavy, and he was killed about half way up the hill, possibly 150 yards from 
the nearest Hun machine gun. I saw him rise up to fire his rifle at a machine 

gunner, and he immediately fell forward. — The men in his platoon 

tried to help him back, but death was practically instantaneous. 

"His platoon became disorganized then and came back. By that time 
it was dark, and we got his body by night and brought it back. He was 
buried with military honors in the 4th Divisional Burial Ground in the 
Bois de Septarges." 

BELL, BRUCE W., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 25, 1917, and was commissioned first 
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53rd United States Infantry, 6th Division, Regular Army. During his over- 
seas' service, which covered a period of one year, he participated in the fol- 
lowing engagements : Vosges sector, and Meuse-Argonne offensive. He 
served on the General Staff for one year as assistant G-2, 6th Division, and 
during this time was promoted to captain. Infantry. He was discharged 
September 2, 1919, at Camp Grant, 111. 

BENNETT, JOHN LOUX, enlisted at San Francisco, Cal., was com- 
missioned lieutenant, Air Service, and assigned to the 371st Aero Squadron. 
He was ordered overseas and stationed for a time at 35 Eaton Place, London, 
England. 

BITTENBENDER, THEODORE LINCOLN, enlisted as a candidate 
at the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on 
August 25, 1917, was commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery Re- 
serve Corps, and attached to the 3rd Field Artillery, for duty. He was 
assigned to the 6th Trench Mortar Battery February 26, 1918, and sailed 
with this organization from New York, July 13, 1918, for overseas' service. 
Lieutenant Bittenbender was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps, and pro- 
moted to first lieutenant, October 12, 1918. He returned to the Unied States 
April 19, 1919, and was discharged May 1, 1919. 

BLOOMFIELD, HERBERT WILLIAM, enlisted June 21, 1917, in 
Unit 69, Medical Reserve Corps, and sailed for France on Christmas Day, 

1917. He served with the French until May, 1918. In May and June he 
was with the 2nd American Division. In July he was with the 3rd and 
28th until wounded on July 26, 1918, at Joulgonne, on the Marne. In 
August he served with the 3rd and 6th and 77th. At the time the armistice 
was signed he had served on eleven of the American fronts after May, 1918. 
He sailed for home May, 1919, and was discharged from military service. 

Private Bloomfield was awarded the Croix de Guerre, and received a 
letter of commendation from Colonel Perry L. Jones, Medical Corps, Na- 
tional Army, which is as follows : "I have been informed by your section 
commander of the valiant services rendered by you, in connection with the 
operations of the Divisions of the American Expeditionary Forces, on the 
night of July 14-15, 1918, and for three weeks afterwards, during which 
time you were wounded. Such conduct merits the highest praise, and it 
affords me much pleasure to commend you for the excellent work performed 
under the dangerous and trying conditions then existing." 

BOSSERMAN, PHILIP RAY, enlisted March 27, 1918, and was as- 
signed to Company F, 37th Engineers. He was appointed sergeant June 1, 

1918. and sailed for France June 30, 1918. He is credited with the following 
engagements : Baccarat sector, August 7-14, 1918 ; Lorraine-Laysean sector, 
August 14-21, 1918; Baccarat sector, August 22 to September 18, 1918; 
Meuse-Argonne sector, September 20 to November 11, 1918, and the army 
of occupation, November 11, 1918, to January 12, 1919. He returned to the 
United States and was discharged April 4, 1919. 

BOWMAN, JAMES ALLEN, enlisted in the military service at Minne- 
apolis, Minn., and was assigned to the 4th Battalion Headquarters, 20th 
Engineers (Forestry), at Camp American University, Washington, D. C. 
He was transferred to Company F, 4th Battalion, 20th Engineers and 
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and assigned to the 11th Company, Engineering Troops, located at Mimizan 
les Bains, (Landes) France. 

BOWMAN, JOSEPH HUNT, applied for admission to the Aviation 
Section, Air Service, April 1917. He entered the ground school at Ohio 
State University August, 1917, finished the course November 3, 1917, and 
sailed for France via England, November 20. He was transferred to the 
French aviation service in March, 1918, commissioned May, 1918, and re- 
ceived French brevet in July, 1918. He returned to the American Army as 
an instructor, in September, 1918. He arrived in the United States March, 
1919. 

BOYD, GEORGE E., for a time commanded as Captain the Headquarters 
Companjf, 31st Field Artillery, at Camp Meade, Md. 

BUTZ, GERALD ROBINSON, took the examinations given to civilians 
in the summer of 1916 to determine his fitness for a provisional commission 
in the Regular Army. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Coast 
Artillery Corps December 1, 1916, and later received a commission in the 
same corps as first lieutenant from the date of his entrance, December 1, 

1916. He was appointed captain, Coast Artillery Corps, August 25, 1917, 
and received his permanent captaincy February 9, 1918. He was stationed 
at Fort Monroe, Va., on duty at the school and with the Coast Artillery 
Board. During the latter part of October, 1918, he was assigned to the 34th 
Artillery, preparatory to departure for overseas. After the close of the war 
he was stationed for a time at Boston Harbor. 

CAPEWELL, PERCIVAL HOWE, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force as seaman, first class, and was stationed at Wissahickon Barracks, 
Cape May, N. J. In December, 1917, he was transferred to hospital company 
and became a hospital apprentice, second class. In February, 1918, he was 
sent overseas to Naval Base Hospital No. 5, Brest, France. He went across 
as a passenger on the French liner Chicago without convoy. He landed at 
Bordeaux and traveled up the coast to Brest. He was on duty there until 
after the armistice was signed. He left Base Hospital No. 5 as a Ph.M., 3rd 
class, and did duty on his way back on the S. S. Manchuria. He arrived in 
America December 20, 1918. 

CARPENTER, JAMES WHEATON, was supervisor of electrical con- 
struction and operation at Camp Upton, N. Y., as a civilian. He was pro- 
moted to second lieutenant of the construction division, in charge of electrical 
and heating work at this camp. 

CHALFANT, RAY KING, in April, 1917, passed the examination for 
lieutenant Engineers Reserve Corps, preparatory to entering the First Re- 
serve Officers' Training Camp. He was not called until the opening of the 
Second Officers' Training Camp, August, 1917, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He 
was commissioned captain. Infantry, November 27, 1917, and assigned to the 
61st Infantry, Regular Army, at Camp Green, N. C. From December .15, 

1917, to January 30, 1918, he commanded Company K, 61st Infantry, and in 
February, 1918, he was placed in command of the 3rd Battalion, 61st Infantry. 
On March, 1918, he was made intelligence officer, 9th Infantry Brigade. 
April, 1918, he was made personnel and intelligence officer, 9th Infantry 
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Captain Chalfant sailed for France April 16, 1918, on board the Calamayis 
and arrived in France April 29, 1918. He was sent on a tour of inspection, 
and to convoy records of the 9th Infantry Brigade through Paris to Chaumont, 
France. In May, 1918, he reported back to the Brigade and vv^as appointed 
assistant G-1, 5th Division. In June, 1918, he served in Vosges as assistant 
G-1, 5th Division. The G-1 branch of the General Staff had to do v^fith 
supplying all needs of the troops. 

During June, July and August, 1918, Captain Chalfant attended the Sec- 
ond General Staff College, Langres, France. He graduated and was one of 
the two captains permitted to make tour of inspection along front lines 
upon completing the course. 

In September, 1918, Captain Chalfant was attached to the 6th Army 
Corps while taking over the St. Mihiel salient. Later he was appointed 
adjutant, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, and served as such during the 
remainder of the war. 

On October 11 and 12, 1918, the 5th Division attacked the German's 
third position in Argonne, near Cunel, and advanced until on October 17 and 
18 it was relieved from the front line. Captain Chalfant was recommended 
for a majority, and cited for bravery. On October 21 the 5th again pushed 
to the front in the Argonne Forest ; October 29, captured Ainereville ; Novem- 
ber 1, Clery-le-Grand; November 2, Clery-le-Petit. Fred Dose, '14, was in 
direct charge of the forces which captured and held this stronghold, almost 
immediately underneath the Germans who were in the stronghold, Dun-sur- 
Meuse. On November 3 the 5th captured Bois-de-Babimont, the Punch Bowl, 
and Doulcon and attempted a forced crossing of the Meuse river and canal ; 
November 4 and 5 attempted to force a crossing of the Meuse river and canal. 
This attempt was successful, and Chalfant was cited for bravery by Major 
General Hanson E. Ely. 

On March 17, 1919, Major Chalfant was appointed by General Pershing 
as a member of the committee of recommendations for the betterment of 
conditions in the American Expeditionary Force. He attended the first meet- 
ing of any nature in which the formation of the American Legion was talked 
of. On April 7, 1919, he returned to Paris as a delegate to the first authorized 
meeting of the American Legion. 

Major Chalfant was manager of the 5th Division football team in the 
competition for the American Expeditionary Force championships, during the 
months of February and March, 1919. In April, 1919, he was recommended 
for lieutenant colonel of Infantry, and in May, 1919, he was cited by General 
Pershing for "Meritorious Service in Action." In July, 1919, he was cited by 
Brigadier General Castner for service as brigade adjutant. He landed in 
the United States July 20, 1919, and was discharged from the service August 
9, 1919. He was re-commissioned major, Reserve Corps, Infantry Section. 

^CHAMBERLAIN, HARRY AUGUSTUS, in July, 1917, enlisted 
in the 20th Engineers (Forestry), and was soon promoted to first sergeant. 
It is not known whether he was transferred to the Infantry or when he was 
promoted to the rank of lieutenant. It is apparent, however, that youthful, 
though he was. Lieutenant Chamberlain quickly demonstrated the force of his 
personality and intellect by his rapid rise in the Army. His name adds one 
more to the illustrious and tragic roll of those who willingly gave all they 
had to the great struggle. In the annals of the U. S. Forestry Service, such 
men as Chamberlain will be honorably and reverently remembered for all 
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The War Department has confirmed the report that Harry A. Chamber- 
lain, lieutenant of Infantry, died of wounds in France. His death occurred 
on October 17, 1918, and the War Department received the information on 
November 19. 

CHASE, SAMUEL PARKER, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 11, 1917, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Motor Transport Corps, August 15th, 1917. He served 
at Camp Meade, Maryland ; Jacksonville, Fla. ; Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 
and Camp Holabird, Md. He was honorably discharged March 20th, 1919. 

CHURCH, HERBERT TOWNSLEY, enlisted July 8, 1915, and was 
assigned to Company B, 1st Engineers. Upon reorganization, in July, 1916, 
he was transferred to Company B, of the same regiment, as a corporal. Upon 
reorganization in June, 1917, he was transferred to Company F, 1st Engineers, 
as a sergeant. He left the United States for France, August 7, 1917, and 
landed August 20, 1917, at St. Nazaire, France, as part of the 1st Division. 

On May, 1918, he was transferred from the 1st Engineers to 1st Division 
Headquarters, Veterinary Corps, and was attached to the 1st Engineers, with 
the rank of sergeant farrier, which he held until he re-enlisted October 14, 
1919, when he again enlisted for the Engineers with the rank of 
sergeant, having been assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 1st Engineers. 
Sergeant Church's service was as follows: Luneville sector, October 21 to 
November 20, 1917; Toul sector, January 15 to April 3, 1918; Montdidier- 
Noyon, April 25 to July 6, 1918 ; Aisne-Marne, July 18 to 24, 1918; St. Mihiel, 
September 12-16, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, October 1-12, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, 
November 5-11, 1918; Army of Occupation, Germany, December 15, 1918, to 
August 20, 1919. Sergeant Church is the possessor of a Mexican border cam- 
paign ribbon and medal, and a Victory ribbon with five stars and medal. He 
has four chevrons for foreign service. He landed in the United States Sep- 
tember, 1919. 

CLAPP, DANIEL ARTHUR, entered the service in May, 1917, and was 
made a first sergeant. Headquarters' Band, 314th Infantry, 79th Division. 
After spending a few weeks at Camp Meade, Md., he was sent overseas. He 
remained in France for about ten months, was then returned to this country 
and released from the service. During his stay in France he was sent for 
at dift'erent times to join the General Headquarters' band, which was General 
Pershing's own band, but was unable to join them on account of his illness 
from influenza. 

CLARK, FREDERICK REYBOLD, enlisted in the First Reserve Offi- 
cers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

COFFMAN, ALLEN BUHRMAN, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 27, 1917, was commissioned 
first lieutenant, and assigned to the 319th Heavy Field Artillery, 82nd Di- 
vision, at Camp Gordon, Ga. He was later sent overseas with this organiza- 
tion, which took part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He 
was discharged May 9, 1919. 

CRAIG, ROBERT HALL, entered the School of Military Hygiene at 
Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, Ga., and was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant, sanitary engineer, Sanitary Corps; transferred to Camp Bowie, Tex., 
as sanitary engineer; promoted to captain, November 7, 1918; transferred to 



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Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, Washington, for purpose of writ- 
ing water and sewerage history of the war. He was later sanitary engineer 
for water supply. Construction Division of the Army. 

CREDE, L. STANLEY, passed the physical examination for the Air 
Service on November 10, 1917, and was sworn into the service as a private 
in the Reserve Signal Officers' Corps on November 21, 1917. On De- 
cember 15, 1917, he entered the School of Military Aeronautics at Prince- 
ton, N. J., and was graduated from ground school February 23, 1918. He was 
then sent to Ellington Field, Olcott, Texas. After completing the bombing 
course he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was then sent to the 
aerial gunnery school at San Leon, Tex. The latter part of August he was 
ordered for overseas duty. Landed at Glasgow, Scotland, and from there 
to England and France. In France his training was continued and he in turn 
passed through the schools for flying officers at St. Maxient, and the bomb- 
ing school at Clermont, Ferrand. He was then assigned to the 96th Aero 
Squadron, First Army, in the first day bombardment group. He was ordered 
back to the United States and discharged February 8, 1919. 

*CUPITT, HAROLD DISRAELI, entered the Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Camp Warden McLean, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was 
commissioned second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 58th Infantry, 
stationed at Charlotte, N. C, and remained there until ordered to France, in 
May, 1918. The regiment went almost immediately into action and was 
active in the Argonne drive. Lieutenant Cupitt distinguished himself on the 
Vesle river by fearlessly advancing at the head of his company as acting 
captain, the captain having been wounded. He went out with a platoon of 
his company, captured a German squad and machine guns, and brought them 
into Camp, for which he was promoted to first lieutenant, recommended for 
a captaincy, and cited for the Distinguished Service Cross. 

Just after this gallantry. Lieutenant Cupitt and his regiment took part 
in the drive started September 25, 1918, just west of Verdun. They drove 
the enemy back for two or three days. On the morning of September 29, 
1918, Lieutenant Cupitt was ordered to advance. He did so, and encountered 
heavy machine gun fire. He went forward with eight of his men to recon- 
noiter, with the idea of getting around the machine-gun nest, when the Ger- 
mans opened fire on them, killing Lieutenant Cupitt and five of his men, only 
two escaping, one badly wounded. Lieutenant Cupitt was buried near Nan- 
tillois, the little town near where he fell. 

Among the many letters received from Lieutenant Cupitt's fellow-officers, 
we find this one: "Little that I can say can in any way alleviate your 
sorrow. However, I do wish you to know that there are others who share 
your loss. Hardened as I am to the horrors and losses war causes, I could 
not keep down the lump in my throat, nor force back the tears, when jolly, 
big-hearted, smiling Cupitt gave his life. I do not hesitate to say that our 
regiment has lost the best officer it ever has known or ever will know. The 
rest of us are trying to live up to the example he set, but feel our helpless- 
ness to do so." 

DEVOE, JOHN NORTON, enlisted July 15, 1917, at Huntingdon, W. 
Va., as private, first class, cadet candidate Aviation Section, Signal Corps. 
He was graduated from the ground school August 24, 1917, as first lieutenant. 
He took his preliminary and advanced training at the 8th Aviation Instruction 
Centre, Foggia, Italy, on Caproni biplane, day and night bombing. He served 



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HAROLD X>. CTJPITT 




L. S. CRBDB 




UN \ I)L\OE 




F. C. DOSE 




HAROLD LI. ruSTER 



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as instructor and later on the front in the big Italian offensive. He held the 
rank of first lieutenant during service. He received Italian service award, 
and Croce de Guerre al Merito. He is a member of the Aero Club of Italy. 

Lieutenant DeVoe arrived in New York, February 4, 1919, and was 
discharged February 7, 1919. 

*DOSE, FREDERICK CHARLES, realizing early that America would 
inevitably be drawn, sooner or later, into the great war in Europe, 
enlisted in 1916, in the Regular Army, and was sent to Fort Leavenworth, 
Kan., where he was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry. He was trans- 
ferred to El Paso, Tex., on the Mexican frontier, and then to Gettysburg, 
Pa., where he won his commission of first lieutenant, and assigned to the 
60th Infantry. From Gettysburg the regiment was sent to Charlotte, N. C, 
and Lieutenant Dose was promoted to captain, 60th Infantry, and became 
attached to Headquarters Company, 60th Regiment. He sailed for France the 
first part of April, 1918, as billettmg officer. 

After a few weeks' training in France, the regiment was sent to the front 
in June, 1918, where it was a part of the Annould sector from June 15 to 
July 16, 1918. Captain Dose was wounded and incapacitated for about one 
month. He returned to his regiment which was then a part of the St. Die 
sector, and took part in the St. Mihiel drive, September 11 to September 17, 
1918. He was on the Verdun front October 12-22, 1918; second time October 
27 to November 11, 1918, and then in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which 
lasted until the armistice was signed. 

On the morning of November 11, 1918, Captain Dose was acting as bat- 
talion commander, when he was wounded in the chest, and sent to the hos- 
pital. Later he was invalided to be sent home. On his way to Brest he con- 
tracted influenza which developed into pneumonia. He died, December 7, 
1918, in Blois. He was buried with full military honors in the American part 
■of the French cemetery at Blois. 

It seems that the 5th Division learned on November 2, that the enemy 
was withdrawing. Preparations were at once made for crossing the Meuse. 
After working around the edge of the horse-shoe bluff north of Brieulles, and 
taking Doulcon, an attempt was made to cross on the night of November 3-4. 
In the face of heavy fire. Captain Dose with two companions, got across at 
Brieulles, but the others could not follow. These two companies dug in, and 
on November 4 succeeded by a surprise attack in getting over the canal and 
■organizing a bridgehead. Just below this point the 3rd Battalion of the 60th 
■crossed the river and the following morning the Bois de Chatillon was cleared 
■of the enemy and the left of the 5th Division was able to cross. 

Chaplain Louis M. Schorn, 60tli Infantry, wrote as follows : "Captain 
Dose made many friends among the officers and men. He was loved and 
admired by everyone with whom he came in contact. He was a very con- 
scientious and efficient officer ; he loved his men, and the men adored him 
and would do anything for him. Shot and shell, hardships untold, did not 
■deter him in the least." 

EDWARDS, WILLIAM GRIMM, enlisted at Beaver Falls, Pa., July 14, 
1917, and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, where he was assigned to 
the 10th Engineers (Forestry), and ordered to Camp American University, 
Washington, D. C. The 10th Regiment set sail from New York on Septem- 
l)er 10, on board the Carpathia. After an uneventful voyage of twenty-two 
■days, the 10th was docked at Glasgow, Scotland, and from there were sent 



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to Southampton. The regiment was split up into about nine detachments 
and sent to various districts in France for timber work. Edwards' company 
was stationed at Pontenx-les-Forges, Landes, which place was reached on 
October 24, 1917. 

On August 22, 1918, he was placed on detached service with the fuel 
wood project and was stationed for a time at Grancey-le-Chateau, Cote d'Or 
and Gondecourt. He was commissioned second lieutenant, October 22, 1918, 
Engineer Corps, and placed in charge of fuel wood work at Dainville, Meuse, 
and Dammarie-sur-Saulx, Meuse. This work was carried on until March, 
1919, at which time the fuel work was closed. From March 22 till May 1, 
he was stationed at Sens, Yonne, having been transferred from the fuel wood 
project to the 14th Company, 20th Engineers. On May 1 the 20th was 
ordered to St. Nazaire for embarkation to the United States, and arrived at 
Charleston, S. C, on June 23. Lieutenant Edwards received his discharge at 
Camp Sherman, Ohio, after a service of two years and one day in the Army. 

ESPENSHADE, JOSEPH IRA, enlisted on July 15, 1917. He was 
appointed sergeant, first class, and assigned to Company G, 103rd Am- 
munition Train, 28th Division. Sergeant Espenshade took part in the fol- 
lowing engagements : Aisne-Marne offensive, Oise-Aisne oft'ensive, Meuse- 
Argonne oft'ensive, and Thiaucourt sector. He returned to the United States 
and was discharged August 1, 1919. 

FORD, ELMER RAY, entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Myer, Va. He was commissioned lieutenant. Signal Reserve Corps, 
and sent to the Signal Corps' Cantonment, Vancouver Barracks, Washington. 

FOSTER, HAROLD DUBOIS, enlisted in the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111. On August 15, 1917, he was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant Field Artillery, and assigned to the Headquarters 
Company, 332nd Field Artillery, 86th Division, which was organized at 
Camp Grant, 111. In May, 1918, the 332nd Field Artillery, together with the 
other commands of the artillery brigade, hiked two hundred and thirty miles 
to Camp Robinson, Wis., and there spent the summer on the range. 

The 332nd Artillery sailed from New York September 17, 1918. Two 
weeks after landing in Liverpool, England, they started the 332nd firing prac- 
tice near Bordeaux, southern part of France. Lieutenant Foster then was 
ordered on detached service, and trained as an aerial observer. Soon after 
the armistice was signed he was ordered back to the regiment and preparations 
were made to sail for America. 

The 332nd sailed from Bordeaux and landed at Newport News, Va., 
February 15, 1919, mustered out of the service February 28, 1919. 

FISKE, D. ROBERTSON, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was assigned to Company 11. He 
was commissioned first lieutenant November 27, 1917, and assigned to Com- 
pany G, 55th Infantry. On February 7, 1918, he was transferred to Waco, 
Tex., where he remained drilling and instructing troops until August 3, 1918, 
when he set sail for France on the Leviathan. The 5Sth landed at Brest on 
August 11, and the troops went immediately into training. On September 20, 
Lieutenant Fiske was ordered to General Headquarters at Chaumont, where 
he was assigned as a camouflage officer. October 25 he was ordered to re- 
port at the Second Army Headquarters at Toul. Here he was assigned as 
camouflage officer of the 33rd Division, November 5-11, 1918. He was trans- 



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ferred back to the 55th Infantry November 17, 1918. On December 3, 1918, 
he was given command of a provisional company of the 7th Division, at 
Domevre-en-Haye, which command he held for four months. Lieutenant 
Fiske sailed from France, June 10, 1919, on the Imperator, and was dis- 
charged from Camp Dix, N. J., July 30, 1919. 

FOULKROD, RAYMOND, first enlisted with the Pennsylvania National 
Guard during the trouble with Mexico, in 1916, and served as a private with 
Company B, Engineers. After receiving his discharge he was commissioned 
a second lieutenant in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was sent to 
the American University Camp, at Washington, D. C, for three months. 
From there he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., and was assigned to the 303rd 
Engineers. In a short time was transferred to Company D, 26th Regiment, 
Engineers. Just before sailing for France on June 29, 1918, he was promoted 
to first lieutenant. He arrived in France July 12, 1918, and was soon trans- 
ferred to active service at the front. 

FULLER, WILLIAM DANIEL, enlisted in the 85th Division at Camp 
Custer, Mich., May 15, 1918, and was assigned to Company 2, Officers' Train- 
ing School. He was transferred to Company 2, Central Officers' Training 
School, Camp Lee, Va., July 1, 1918, commissioned second lieutenant. In- 
fantry, and assigned to Company 25, 7th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade, at 
Camp Dix, N. J., October 15, 1918. On December 12, 1918, he was honorably 
discharged from the service. 

GAGE, GEORGE RAYMOND, enlisted in the Air Service, December 7, 

1917, and was sent to the Princeton Ground School February 2, 1918, from 
which he was graduated March 30, 1918. He was sent to the concentration 
camp at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., where he remained from April 9 to May 12, 

1918. On May 16, 1918, he entered Park Field Flying School, Memphis, 
Tenn., and was commissioned second lieutenant. Reserve Military Aviation 
Corps, August 17, 1918. He was at the concentration camp. Call Field, 
Wichita, Tex., September 2-9, 1918. On September 15, 1918, Lieutenant Gage 
entered the advanced flying school at Port Field, Fort Sill, Okla., and was 
graduated October 12, 1918. 

GALLAGHER, ALBERT JOHNSTON, enlisted in the Naval Reserves, 
and was not called into active service until August, 1917. He was ordered 
to the radio school at Harvard, first as a student and then as an instructor. 
He passed his examinations for ensign, and was assigned as electrical officer 
on the transport U. S. S. Madawaska, one of the converted German liners. 
He made seven trips across the Atlantic. 

GAUTHIER, JORDAN, was appointed second lieutenant. Engineer Re- 
serve Officers' Corps, June 23, 1917, and was sent to the training camp at the 
American University, Washington, D. C. At the end of his training period 
he was assigned to the provisional searchlight detachment, Washington 
Barracks, D. C, December 1, 1917, which detachment became the 56th Engi- 
neers. 

Lieutenant Gauthier was sent overseas on March 4, 1917, with Company 
C, 56th Engineers, and was stationed at the searchlight depot at Fort du 
Mont Valerin, Suresnes, Seine, near Paris. On May 15, 1918, he was sent 
to Amiens with the 4th Platoon of Company C, 56th Engineers, fully equipped, 
being attached to the anti-aircraft defense of the 1st French Army, and re- 
mained in this sector for five months, following up the English and French 
advances, particularly the Somme ofifensive, which was begun August 8, 1918. 



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WILLIAM D. FULLER 




GEORGE R. GAGE 




C. D. GIBBS 





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On October 15, 1918, Company C, was in the Argonne, in the vicinity 
north of Alontfaucon. It remained in this sector until the armistice after 
which it moved to Verdun, salvaged its searchlight material, and continued 
to Conflans, where it constructed railway telephone lines into Metz. On De- 
cember 15 Company C assembled with Companies A and B, at Champigny, 
near Langres, Haute-Marne, and on February 1, 1919, moved to St. Sebas- 
tion, near Nante, to wait orders to embark for the United States. Lieutenant 
Gauthier on March 4, 1919, took up a four months' art course in the Sor- 
bonne of the University of Paris. At the end of this course he was ordered 
to Brest and arrived at Hoboken, N. J., aboard the U. S. S. Northern Pacific, 
July 18, 1919. He was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, August 
6, 1919, with the rank of first lieutenant, Engineer Corps. 

GIBBS, CLARENCE DENTON, was one of eighty-five nominated by 
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to the Navy Department for 
commission as lieutenant, junior grade. He enlisted November 20, 1917, and 
reported on December 3, 1917, to the United States Naval Academy, Annap- 
olis, for a short period of training. After completing the course of training 
he was ordered to the U. S. S. South Dakota, as assistant to the engineering 
officer, electrical, with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. On October 1, 
1918, he received his promotion to Lieutenant, U. S. Naval Reserve Force. 
He was transferred on July 16, 1918, from electrical duty to engineering 
duty, and until December 5, 1918, was first assistant Engineer Officer on 
U. S. S. South Dakota. He was released from active service December 15, 
1918. 

GILLESPIE, WILBUR CARROLL, attended the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned cap- 
tain, Field Artillery Corps, at the end of the camp on November, 1917. He 
was ordered to duty at Camp Upton, N. Y., where he remained until the 
latter part of March, 1918, when he was ordered on special dutj' to Yale 
University to command the Yale Batteries of the Reserve Ofificers' Training 
Camp, which was being conducted there. Captain Gillespie Avas later trans- 
ferred to the department of gunnery. Field Artillery School of Fire, Fort 
Sill, Okla., as an instructor in gunnery. 

GORSUCH, CLIFFORD CAMERON, entered the First Officers' Train- 
ing Corps in May, 1917, Fort Niagara, N. Y., was transferred to Coast 
Artillery at Fortress Monroe, Va., until he was discharged August, 1917, 
because of defective eyesight. In April, 1918, Gorsuch re-enlisted in the 
Chemical Warfare Service, and served at the Cleveland plant of the Chemical 
Warfare Service as engineer in charge of designing special equipment. He 
was discharged in January, 1919. 

GRAHAM, FRANK HOWARD, entered the Signal Officers' Reserve 
Corps, and was commissioned first lieutenant. 

GRAHAM, WALTER FRANKLIN, served as second lieutenant. Ord- 
nance Reserve Corps, at A\'ashington, D. C. He was in the cannon section. 
Artillery Division, Ordnance Department. His duties had to do with the 
development of the proper metallurgical practice in the manufacture of 
cannon and cannon steel at the various factories and arsenals engaged in the 
production of cannon, and also the adaptation of foreign specifications to 
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GRUMBLING, JAY SMITH, was inducted into the military service 
November 22, 1917, and reported to Frankford Arsenal, Bridesburg, Pa. He 
was sent to The Pennsylvania State College for the course in Ordnance 
Supply. He remained at State College during March and April, 1918, and 
was then transferred to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., for duty as physical 
instructor. He continued there until he was discharged, January 28, 1919, 
as second lieutenant, Officers' Reserve Corps. 

HARMAN, JOHN WICKLIFFE, enlisted in the Ordnance Officers' 
Reserve Corps at The Pennsylvania State College in the summer of 1917. At 
the end of the course he was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., 
where November 1, he was appointed sergeant. On November 27 he was 
ordered to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y. He was ordered overseas 
as sergeant of Ordnance, and was stationed at Advanced Ordnance Depot 
No. 1, Is-sur-Tille, France, until April 8, 1919. On November 6, 1918,_ he 
was appointed Ordnance sergeant. He was ordered to the ordnance review 
show and took part in two acts of that show throughout France and Germany, 
until June 30, when he landed in the United States, and was discharged July 

8, 1919. 

HARVEY, RALPH WALDO, enlisted in the Aviation Service, February 

9, 1918, at Philadelphia, and was sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, whence he 
was transferred to the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics at Princeton, N. J. 
From here he returned to Camp Dick, then to Mather Field, Sacramento, Cal., 
to complete his flying training. Mr. Harvey was transferred to March Field, 
Riverside, Cal., where he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Air 
Service, rated as reserve military aviator, and discharged from the service 
May 10, 1919. 

HASTINGS, DAVID SHARON, enlisted June 11, 1917, at Colum- 
bus Barracks, Ohio, and was sent to Camp H. J. Jones, Douglas, Ariz. 
On July 16, 1917, he was assigned to Battery A, 6th Field Artillery, and in 
the next few months made the following transfers: June 20, to Battery B, 
10th Field Artillery; July 9, to Headquarters Company, 10th Field Artillery; 
July 9, to 10th Field Artillery as corporal, and December 12, promoted to 
duty as sergeant. On February 17, 1918, he left Douglas in charge of fifty 
men for the service overseas. He was at Camp Merritt, N. J., February 24, 
1918. He left the United States on the S. S. America from Hoboken, February 
27, 1918. 

Sergeant Hastings arrived at Brest March 10, 1918, was separated, got 
to Gondercourt Officers' Training School by mistake, and then arrived at 
Camp Coetquidan (Black Death) Guer Mobbilian, France. The regiment 
caught up and he trained with them for six weeks. He was then transferred 
on June 20, 1918, to the Artillery School of Instruction, for the 3rd Brigade, 
3rd Division Headquarters. He instructed National Guard and National 
Army troops in telephony until September 15, 1918, when he was appointed 
chief enlisted instructor in telephony with rank of sergeant instructor. He 
continued as an instructor until November 25, 1918, when the school closed 
and he was sent as a casual to Camp Hunt, La Carneau, Gironde, France. 

Sergeant Hastings was assigned to Pennsylvania Casual Company No. 
1963, on February 25, 1919, and left France March 2, on S. S. Italia. He ar- 
rived in New York on March 20, 1919, and was discharged April 9. 

HENNEY, CHARLES FREDERICK, was appointed second lieutenant. 
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CLAYTON B. HBRSHEY 





J. D. HOGARTH 




WII.r.IAM B. eUBBBRT 




R. R. JENKINS 




S. JAMES KEISTEB 



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machinery until May, 1918. He left the United States in June, but did not 
arrive in France until August because of collision in midocean. He returned 
to Halifax and thence to England with a casual company. From August, 
1918, to May, 1919, he helped to operate the 500-ton ice plant and the 10,000- 
ton beef storage in France, which was erected by the American Expeditionary 
Forces as a supply base. He was mustered out of the service at Camp Dix, 
N. J., June 27, 1919. 

HERSHEY, CLAYTON BENDER, was inducted into the Army Febru- 
ary 2, 1918, reporting to the 37th Engineers at Fort Myer, Va. He sailed May 
7, '1918. from Hoboken, N. J., landing at Brest, France', May 18, 1918. He was 
made sergeant of Company B and while in France he was in the St. Mihiel and 
Meuse-Argonne offensive ; his company being "army troops." After the armis- 
tice was signed he went with the Army of Occupation through Luxembourg 
to Coblenz. Leaving Coblenz January 11, 1919, he was stationed in France 
until INlarch 8, when he embarked for the United States arriving at Newport 
News, Va., March 20. He was discharged April 4, 1919, sergeant. Company B, 
37th Engineers. 

HESS, CHARLES EDWARD, was appointed second lieutenant, Engi- 
neer Officers' Reserve Corps, and ordered to training camp at American 
University, Washington, D. C, where he reported September 2, 1917. He 
was ordered to report to the 305th Engineers, at Camp Lee, Va., December 
10, 1917. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Engineers, at Corozal, 
Canal Zone, January 5, 1918, and reported February 3, 1918. He served on 
the military survey of Panama with mounted platoon. Company F, 3rd In- 
fantrv, February 1, 1919. He was discharged from the service at Ancon, C. A., 
May '8, 1919. 

HOGARTH, JOHN DONALD, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training School at Plattsburg, N. Y., in April, 1917, where he qualified for 
Field Artillery Corps. Three weeks' in the hospital prevented him from 
securing a commission in the first camp. He was returned to the Second 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and made application for a commission in 
the Regular Army, He passed a special examination and received his com- 
mission as a provisional second lieutenant. Field Artillery, November 7, 1917. 
He left New York on January 14, 1918. After arriving in France he began 
training at the Saumar Artillery School. He was then assigned to the 12th 
Field Artillery, 2nd Division. He was in the Verdun sector, from April to 
May, 1918, and in the Meuse-Argonne, from October to November, 1918. He 
was with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He returned to the United 
States on August 6, 1919, and was discharged August 20, 1919. 

HOUSER, ALBERT MURRAY, entered the fifth Ordnance course in 
Ordnance Supply, at The Pennsylvania State College and later enlisted in 
the Ordnance Department. 

HUBBERT, WILLIAM BREWSTER, in May, 1917, entered the First 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant Motor Transport Corps, in August, 1917. He was stationed 
at Camp Custer, Mich., and sent overseas among the first 200,000 leaving the 
States in December, 1917. Lieutenant Hubbert served in the advance sec- 
tion, with the 89th and 92nd Divisions, First Army. He was promoted to first 
lieutenant in October, 1918. 



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HUTCHISON, HARRY CLARK, entered the service as a private by 
voluntary induction on April 13, 1918, and was assigned to Company E, 37th 
Engineers, Fort Myer, Va. He landed in France July 10, 1918. and served 
at the Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, and Argonne offensives. Company E, 37th 
Engineers, entered Germany as reconnaissance troops for the Army of Occu- 
pation. Private Hutchison was ordered back to the United States from 
Coblenz, Germany, landing at Newport News, Va., April 20, 1919, and was 
discharged as private, first class. May 14, 1919. 

JAMES, EDWARD FOSTER, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was assigned to the 2nd Battery. 

JENKINS, RAYMOND RHYS, entered the service by enlisting as a 
private in the 437th Engineers, May 11, 1918. He was located at Henleytown 
Searchlight Camp during his whole time in the service. His work was ex- 
perimentation, for the purpose of procuring a first-class searchlight adaptable 
to army purposes. He received his honorable discharge December 23, 1918, at 
which time he held the rank of sergeant, 488th Engineers. 

JOHNSON, LESLIE EDWIN, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp and was assigned to the 3rd Battery. 

JOHNSTON, FRANCIS BERTRAND, entered the Third Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va., by appointment from the Virginia Mili- 
tary Institute. On April 19, 1918, at completion of training camp, he was 
assigned as extra sergeant on the machine gun company, 318th Infantry. He 
was transferred on May 20, to the 24th Company, 6th Training Battalion, 
155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant 
of Infantry, June 1, 1918, and transferred to Infantry Replacement Camp, 
Camp Lee, Va., 31st Company, 8th Battalion. He was transferred July 16, 
1918, to Camp Sheridan, Ala., and assigned to 68th Infantry, 18th Infantry 
Brigade, 9th Division. On August 23, 1919, he Avas appointed first lieutenant 
of Infantry, and re-assigned to Company A, 68th Infantry, and discharged 
February 7, 1919. 

JONES, THOMAS ALBERT, entered the Third Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, and received the commission of second lieutenant. He was assigned 
to the 301st Battalion, Tank Corps, British Expeditionary Force. 

KAESTNER, HERBERT JOHN, was drafted September, 1917, and as- 
signed to Company G, 315th Infantry, U. S. A. He was transferred December, 
1917, to the 20th Engineers, and stationed at the American University, Wash- 
ington, D. C. He was transferred again to Belvoir, Va., and then assigned to 
Company B, 20th Engineers, Ft. Meyer, Washington. He sailed for France 
January 4, 1918, and arrived at Brest, January 18. He remained in France 
until June 11, 1919, when he sailed for the United States, arriving at Newport 
News, Va., June 25, 1919, and was discharged from the Army, July, 1919, at 
Camp Dix, N. J. 

*KEISTER, STEPHEN JAMES, upon the entry of the United States 
into the World War, at once sought to enlist in active service, but was unable 
to meet the physical requirements. Disappointed in the direction of field 
hospital duty, he entered actively in home war work and when the District 
Draft Board was organized, became Clerk and later Secretary to the Board, 
where he remained until July 31, 1918, when he enlisted and was accepted 
for limited service. He was ordered to report to the Spruce Production Di- 



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vision at Vancouver Barracks, Wash. In a short time he was appointed 
sergeant and assigned to the 1st Provisional Regiment of that service and 
detailed to the Division Personnel Office, 105th Spruce Squadron. Sergeant 
Keister was taken ill suddenly on January 1, 1919, and removed to the Post 
Hospital, where a malignant type of pneumonia developed, and he died on 
the evening of January 6, 1919. 

KELLER, JOHN ORVIS, acted first as an instructor for and later in 
charge of the Ordnance Supply courses conducted at The Pennsylvania State 
College. He was promoted to second lieutenant. Ordnance Department, and 
ordered to Camp Hancock, Ga., as an instructor in the Ordnance Training 
Camp. He was attached as second in command to Company F, 3rd Pro- 
visional Ordnance Regiment, upon reporting at Camp Hancock, but later was 
used in organizing the 6th and 7th Casual companies of that camp. Later he 
was detailed on detached guard duty at the Augusta General Ordnance Sup- 
ply Depot. From here he was ordered back to camp to become an instructor 
in the material course. Ordnance Supply School, 3rd Provisional Ordnance 
Regiment. On November 17th he was made instructor in charge of the ma- 
terial course, and later became regimental adjutant of the 3rd Regiment until 
his discharge. In addition to other duties he was at various times camp police 
officer, company commander, regimental police officer, regimental property 
officer, and mess officer, for 3rd Regiment officers' mess. He was discharged 
from the service January 15, 1919. 

KEYSER, CLARENCE ALBERT, enlisted in the Y. M. C. A. work and 
was stationed at the Naval Training Station, Pelham Bay Park, N. Y., as 
educational director. He later enlisted as an artilleryman and was serving as 
instrument sergeant, Battery D, 31st Field Artillery, when the armistice was 
signed. 

KEYSER, CLARENCE NAAMAN, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Flying Corps at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 
and completed the Aviation Ground School, and the special course in aerology 
at Blue Hills' Observatory, Hyde Park, Mass. He was commissioned ensign 
in February, 1918, and appointed Naval instructor at the Blue Hills' Observa- 
tory. He was ordered abroad for duty at Naval Aviation Headquarters, 
London ; at the active stations of the Royal Naval Aviation Force in Eng- 
land ; at the active stations of the U. S. Naval Aviation Corps at LeCrosic, 
Paimboeuf, and Guipavas, France, and at the U. S. Naval Headquarters, in 
charge of Naval aerological service in France. He was promoted to lieutenant 
October, 1918. Lieutenant Keyser returned to the United States in January, 
1919, and was ordered to duty in the Navy Department in charge of reorganiz- 
ing the aerological service as a permanent part of the Navy. 

KOHLER, JESSE EARL, enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United 
States Army, and was sent to the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, 
Austin, Tex. 

KUNSMAN, CHARLES HENRY, enlisted, December 14, 1917, in the 
Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps. He was detailed as an 
instructor in aerial gunnery at the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics at the 
University of California, Berkeley, Cal, and served in this capacity until he 
was discharged on December 24, 1918. 



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LACOCK, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, enlisted as a first lieutenant in the 
Dental Corps, U. S. Army, and was sent almost immediately to France. He 
was stationed at the Mesves Hospital Center, Base Hospital No. 67, France. 

LANG, EDWARD HAROLD, took the Regular Army examinations and 
was commissioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, Regular Army, 
but resigned and entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp. 
He was commissioned first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, No- 
vember 27, 1917. He was ordered to Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y., and while 
there served in the following positions : prison and police officer, fort quar- 
termaster, commanding officer 10-inch disappearing battery, C. O. 12-inch 
mortar battery, survey officer, summary court officer, instructor, officers' 
school of gunnery, coast defense personnel officer, assistant coast defense 
adjutant, and coast defense adjutant. 

Lieutenant Lang was promoted to captain August 27, 1918, and to major 
October 10, 1918. He was ordered to join the 30th Artillery, Coast Artillery 
Corps at Camp Eustis, Va., for duty overseas. He was commanding officer 
of Batteries D, E and F, and Supply Company, 30th Artillery, Coast Artillery 
Corps, a 9.2-inch motorized Howitzer regiment. Major Lang remained at 
Camp Eustis until he was discharged from the service, January 7, 1919. He 
was recommissioned major. Coast Artillery Section, Reserve Corps, U. S. 
Army. 

LEINBACH, JOSIAH WILSON, enlisted in the military service and 
was ordered to Camp Meade, Md., for training. 

LEYDEN, JAMES ALEXANDER, enlisted in the gas defense division 
of the Sanitary Corps in December, 1917. He was transferred to the gas 
defense division of the Chemical Warfare Service June, 1918. He served 
as first lieutenant until February, 1919, when he received his discharge from 
the service. During his entire service he was connected with the develop- 
ment, testing, and production of gas masks in this country, being detailed on 
special and secret work in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin and New York 
detachments. 

LINDSAY, LEWIS PRESTON, early in the year 1917, entered the 
Y. M. C. A., as a war worker and was stationed at Camp Upton, N. Y. On 
January 3, 1918, he enlisted in the Field Artillery Corps, and was sent to 
the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp. He was appointed corporal. 
Battery E, 308th Field Artillery, 90th Division (formerly the 78th). He was 
sent overseas and was in active service with this organization. 

LONG, GEORGE STEVENSON, reported at Madison Barracks, N. Y., 
May 12, 1917, and was assigned to Company 8, Third Provisional Training 
Regiment. After one month of infantry training he was transferred to Bat- 
tery 3, Madison Barracks, for two months of artillery training. On August 
IS, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, Na- 
tional Army, and ordered to Camp Dix, N. J., where he reported August 27, 
1917. He was temporarily attached to the camp sanitary engineer's office. 
He served as sanitary inspector until assigned to duty with the lS3rd Depot 
Brigade Headquarters, October 27, 1918, as assistant brigade quartermaster. 
On March 27, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 
and continued in service with the Depot Brigade until July 23, 1918, when 
he was relieved from duty and attached to Supply Office, Camp Headquar- 
ters, Camp Dix. 



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J. 0. KELLER 




F. H. LUCAS 




G. D. Mi-DOWEI.L 




W. n IL KINNCY, JR. 





H. F. MICHELL 




LEONARD L. MILLER 



KISH P. MARSHALL 



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Lieutenant Long was appointed officer in charge of theatrical perform- 
ances November 11, 1918, and took the "You'll Like It" company on a two 
weeks' trip through eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. 

Lieutenant Long was honorably discharged from the service January 
24, 1919. 

LUCAS, FRED HALL, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, May 10, 1917, and was commissioned first lieutenant 
Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917, with orders to report to 
Camp Meade, Md., August 29, 1917. He was assigned to the Machine Gun 
Company, 31Sth Infantry Regiment, 79th Division. He was sent overseas 
with this organization in June, 1918. Was promoted to captain in October, 
1918. He returned to the United States in May, 1919, and was discharged 
June 6, 1919. 

McDowell, GAIL dean, enlisted in the United States Marine 
Corps at Washington, D. C, and was sworn into service at Paris Island, 
S. C., on December 19, 1917. After two months of training he was trans- 
ferred to Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C. From there he entered the 
Marine Officers' Training Camp at Ouantico, Va., April 15, 1918, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant on July 16, 1918, in the Regular Marine 
Corps. After a few days furlough he was transferred to the 10th Regular 
Artillery at Indian Head, Md. 

Late in November, 1918, Lieutenant McDowell was transferred to 
Quantico, Va., to be attached to the 14th Regiment Marine Corps then 
forming. He was sent to Norfolk, Va., March 10, 1919, where he spent 
ten weeks in the Officers' School for Service Afloat, where marine officers 
were trained to command the marine guards on board the battleships. Near 
the end of May the entire school having completed the course, they were again 
sent to Ouantico to the Automatic Gun School to take the machine-gun 
course of a month. On June 30, 1919, he was sent to the National Rifle 
Matches at Caldwell, N. J. While in Norfolk, he was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant. Lieutenant McDowell received his discharge from the Marine Corps 
on September 16, 1919. 

McGARRIGLE, JOSEPH JAMES, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and after six Aveeks training was 
transferred to Fort Monroe, Hampton . Roads, Va. Here he was commis- 
sioned first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. Reserves, November 27, 
1917. He volunteered for overseas' service immediately and sailed from New 
York December 17, 1917, arrived in England, and finally in France, at Le 
Havre, December 29, 1917. He was assigned to Heavy Artillery School at 
Camp De Mailly, France. He left Mailly for assignment to Anti-Aircraft 
School at Arnouville, France, February, 1918, and completed the course and 
required period at front observing as visitor to French lines. He was ordered 
to Tractor Artillery School, St. Maur, France, for training and completed the 
course in June, 1918. He was reassigned to Anti-Aircraft Artillery Section 
for training troops, at Fort De Stains, France. In August, 1918, he was 
ordered to the front in command of Battery D, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion 
and assigned to the 77th Anti-Aircraft Battery of the French Defense, with 
headquarters at Royameus. Lieutenant McGarrigle went forward in the first 
Mihiel drive. He was later assigned to the command of the Headquarters 
and Supply Battery, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battery, near Pannes, France. After 
the sisrninsr of the armistice he was ordered to the gas school at Chaumont 



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and after the completion of the course, joined the battery en route for Brest. 
He left Brest December 10, 1918, on the Leviathan, arrived in New York 
December 18, and was discharged January 13, 1919. 

McGERVEY, BERNARD JOHN, enlisted in the military service and 
was assigned to Company A, 319th Infantry, 80th Division, at Camp Lee, Va., 
until May, 1918, when he was sent overseas. 

McKINNEY, WILLIAM HENRY, JR., enlisted at San Diego, Cal., 
October 14, 1917, but was discharged from the service. On account of a 
mixup of his papers, he re-enlisted in the Air Service, Aeronautics, U. S. 
Army, November 14, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant. He 
entered the ground school at Berkeley, Cal., University of California, was 
graduated February 2, 1918, and transferred to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 
to await assignment to flying school. He was assigned to flying school at 
Camp Ellington Field for instruction as bombardier. His first fall came 
during the week of August 4, 1918, when a missing motor caused a tail spin 
at 75-feet altitude. He received slight injuries and spent two weeks resting 
in his quarters. He was later given a thorough course in aerial gunnery. 

MARSHALL, RUSH PORTER, entered Camp Meade, Md., in the fall 
of 1917, with the first unit trained at that camp. He was assigned as corporal 
to the 315th Infantry, and sailed for overseas July 6, 1918. He went into 
action for the first time on Friday, September 13, 1918. From that time until 
the day the armistice was signed the 315th was in active service. Corporal 
Marshall attended the University of Toulouse from March 1 to July 1, 1919, 
and studied French horticulture and floriculture. He was discharged from 
the service July 26, 1919. 

*MICHELL, HENRY FREDERICK, enlisted in the Engineer Offi- 
cers' Reserve Corps at Philadelphia, July, 1917, and was sent to the train- 
ing section at the University of Pennsylvania. He was later assigned to 
Company D, 19th Railway Engineers and sent overseas. His letters of March 
14, 1918, told of his hope that he would soon be sent "over the top." The next 
information regarding him was a message from Washington saying that he 
had been "drowned in line of duty," on April 9, 1918. It is believed that his 
death occurred while engaged in building a bridge, or similar operation, near 
Noyon. As far as we are able to learn Frederick Michell is the first Penn 
State man to give his life in action in France. 

MILLER, GLENN DARALD, soon after leaving college, in 1914, 
enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. The greater part of his six years 
of military service has been spent in the West Indies, located at San Domingo. 
He has been promoted rapidly to the rank of major. 

MILLER, LEONARD LEO, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on August 26, 1917. He was commissioned 
from there November 27, 1917, with the rank of first lieutenant. Infantry. He 
was sent to Camp Travis, Tex., December 15, 1917, and assigned to the 165th 
Depot Brigade. He received a special course of training at the hand grenade 
school there, and was later appointed instructor in the school. Lieutenant 
Miller was later assigned commanding officer of the 72nd Company, 18th 
Battalion, 165th Depot Brigade. He was appointed captain of Infantry on 
November 5, 1918, and was discharged from the service January 18, 1919. 



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MONTGOMERY, JAMES ROBERT, JR., volunteered as a mem- 
ber of the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, May 19, 1917, and was commis- 
sioned lieutenant June 8, 1917. He was called to active service August 10, 
1917, and reported for duty at AVashington, D. C, when he was assigned to 
foreign service with the British Army. He arrived in London, England, Sep- 
tember 9, 1917, and served as surgeon in the new end military hospital at 
Hampstead, London. He was transferred to France and served in the Wessex 
Field Ambulance at the British front in Flanders, March 19, 1918. 

MORAN, JOHN BAILEY, was appointed first lieutenant, Ordnance 
Department, July 10, 1917, and was stationed at Washington, D. C. In Janu- 
ary, 1918, he was transferred to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., where 
he remained until March, 1918, when he was transferred to Camp Hancock, 
Ga. In May, 1918, he was transferred to Washington, D. C, and January, 
1919, sent to Philadelphia, Pa. He was promoted to captain. Ordnance De- 
partment, in July, 1919. 

MOYER, EDGAR BOYD, enlisted in the Air Service of the United 
States Army. 

MOYER, EUGENE, enlisted in the Aviation Corps of the service and 
was assigned on February 16, 1918, to the U. S. School of Military Aero- 
nautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant on May 10, 1918, and transferred to Camp 
Dick, Dallas, Tex., where he was given special instructions on instruments 
which were used in connection with aerial navigation. He sailed for France 
on July 9, 1918, and landed on July 18, 1918. He was ordered to the 3rd 
Aviation Instruction Center at Issoudun, and made instructor in compass 
work. He sailed from St. Nazaire for New York on May 13, 1919, landed on 
May 26. He was discharged from the service in June, 1919. 

MOYER, JOSEPH NEVIN, began his service record on September 13, 
1917, attending the Second Ordnance Training Course at The Pennsylvania 
State College. At that time the Ordnance courses in the colleges were not 
as yet conducted by the War Department. On November 23 he enlisted in 
the Ordnance Department at the Rock Island Arsenal. From there he was 
sent to the Ordnance Engineer's School at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in 
Maryland, which he attended from April to July, 1918. On July 18 he suc- 
ceeded in earning a second lieutenant's commission in the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, and was assigned to duty at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in the 
Construction Department. Lieutenant Moyer was stationed at this point 
until his discharge, on January 6, 1919. 

MURPHEY, FRANK THOMAS, enlisted in the service and was as- 
signed as corporal to Company D, 4th Battalion, 20th Engineers (Forestry) 
and sent overseas. 

NASH, CARLTON EDWARD, enlisted in the Air Service and 
went to Camp Hancock, Ga., December, 1917. He was transferred in Febru- 
ary, 1918, to Camp Merritt, N. J., and sailed on the Vaterland to Liverpool, 
England. He went directly to Southampton, England, and then to Le Havre, 
France. He was in the instrument section of the Air Service, with the rating 
of sergeant. Sergeant Nash and his company were relieved from duty Decem- 
ber 1, 1918, and arrived in Brest December 31. They remained here until 
January 19, 1919, when they sailed on the U. S. S. Battleship Connecticut, 



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and arrived in New York, February 2, 1919. Sergeant Nash was discharged 
February 14, 1919. 

NOEL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, was appointed second lieutenant and 
assigned to the Quartermaster's Corps of the United States Army. 

PARKER, LEON ABBOTT, enHsted in the service as a private and was 
assigned to Company A, 42nd Engineers, then forming in Washington, D. C. 
He was transferred to Company C, 41st Engineers, on the eve of their de- 
parture, two weeks after his enlistment. He served sixteen months overseas 
attached to Companies E and B of the 20th Engineers. He returned to the 
United States as a private in the 40th Company, 20th Engineers. He was 
discharged from the service July 1, 1919. 

PAVLIDES, PERICLES KYPRIANOS, joined the Army in November, 
1917, and was called to report for service on November 15. After nine 
months' service in this country he was sent overseas as a private, but was 
later promoted to corporal. During one of the engagements, while in charge 
of his squad, he was wounded in the shoulder by a bullet and was sent to the 
hospital where he remained for a month. He was ordered back to the front, 
but before he reached the front lines the armistice was signed. After that he 
was connected with Y. M. C. A. work over there, and rendered excellent 
service as a teacher of French. 

PORTER, HUGH FREDERICK, entered Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort i\lyer, Va., August 23. 1917, and received the commission of 
second lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve Corps, November 27, 1917. On 
December 19, 1917, he reported to Leon Springs, Tex., for duty, and was 
transferred to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. January 8, 1918, he was as- 
signed to the 181st Aero Squadron. He was commissioned second lieutenant, 
Signal Reserve Corps, Aviation Section, February 12, 1918, effective on No- 
vember 27, 1917. On March 1, 1918, he was transferred to Eberts Field, 
Lonoke, Ark., with the 181st Aero Squadron, and on June 1, assigned to the 
cadet school as officer in charge of aerial navigation instruction. He remained 
in this capacity until December 19, 1918, when he was temporarily assigned 
as officer in charge of Aerial Photographic Section 32, and January 3, 1919, 
was made reserve military aviator. On January 7, 1919, Lieutenant Porter 
was transferred to Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Ark., to receive treatment for 
injuries sustained in an aeroplane accident at Hot Springs, Ark., September 
28, 1918. He was discharged from the hospital April 10, 1919, and ordered 
to Eberts Field, where he was discharged from the service on April 14, 1919. 

QUIRK, JOHN HENRY, enlisted in the 472nd Engineers at Washing- 
ton, D. C, and was transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., where he was 
assigned as second lieutenant to the 7th Engineers. He was transferred to 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and attached to an overseas' outfit when the 
armistice was signed. He was later honorably discharged from the service. 

REINHARDT, PAUL EDWARD, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 27, 1917, was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Field Artillery Corps, November 27, 1917, and assigned to 
the 335th Field Artillery, 87th Division, stationed at Camp Pike, Little Rock, 
Ark. He was detailed as instructor in the Officers' Training School, and at 
the close of the school was assigned to Battery A, of the above organization. 
He accompanied the regiment to Camp Dix, N. J., as battery commander. 



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and sailed for England in August, 1918. He proceeded almost immediately 
to France and was on active duty as aerial observer, battery officer, and regi- 
mental police officer with his regiment for over six months. After returning 
to the United States, Lieutenant Reinhardt was transferred from Camp 
Stewart, Newport News, Va., to Camp Upton, N. Y., and appointed supply 
officer of the Recruit educational center until his "discharge from the service, 
July 23, 1919. 

ROSSITER, JAMES PATRICK, entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery Corps, in September, 1917. He was later stationed at Camp Custer, 
Mich., Camp Jackson, S. C, and Camp McClellan, Ala., and completed the 
course at the School of Fire for Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla. 

ROTH, HENRY LAWRENCE, answered newspaper articles about the 
formation of the 10th Engineers. He was notified to report, and enlisted as 
a private July 10, 1917, at Fort Slocum, N. Y. He was sent to the American 
University, Washington, D. C, and on arriving there drilled with the 6th En- 
gineers until the barracks for the 10th Engineers were finished, and he joined 
Captain Bryant, supply officer. He helped with supplies and was made cor- 
poral August 25, 1917. Corporal Roth left the United States September 10, 
1917, on the U. S. S. Carpathia. On October 9, the engineers arrived at 
Nevers (Lori et Cher). While the barracks were being put up by the master 
engineers and privates, Corporal Roth worked at supplies. He left Nevers 
on November 21, arriving at Gierres the same day, where he was yard-checker. 
On February 4, 1918, he accepted an offer to go on detached service with the 
wood supply branch, at Neufchateau, Vosges, and on going to Is-sur-Tille, 
on July 1, was given depots at Selongey. After being commissioned second 
lieutenant in November, 1918, he made investigation trips, and was given 
charge of the four wood depots. He left Is-sur-Tille July 1, 1919, and Brest, 
July 9 on the K. A. Victoria, and arrived in New York July 18, 1919. He 
was discharged August 1, 1919, after twenty-two months and eight days of 
foreign service. 

RUSH, WILLIAM JACOB, was commissioned May 5, 1917, second 
lieutenant. Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, and ordered to active duty 
September 2, 1917. He attended the Second Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
Camp American University, Washington, D. C, from September 2, 1917, to 
November 14, 1917. He was assigned to the General Engineers' Depot at 
Washington, D. C, and engaged in the design of hospitals and miscellaneous 
structures until February 14, 1919. Lieutenant Rush was given the follow- 
ing additional assignments : 305th Engineers, February 14, 1918, Camp Lee, 
Va., for duty with troops ; Third Engineer Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Lee, Va., from March 1 to May 1, 1918; 520th Engineers at Camp Devens, 
Mass., May 1, 1918. He remained with the 520th Engineers until he returned 
from France. 

The 520th Engineers left Camp Devens, June 26, 1918, for Camp A. A. 
Humphreys, Va., and left the latter camp on August 28, 1918, for Hoboken, 
N. J. They sailed from Hoboken on the S. S. Great Northern and arrived at 
Brest September 7, 1918. 

Lieutenant Rush was assigned to Base Section No. 5, Service of Sup- 
plies, for duty on dock construction at Brest. A detachment of ninety men 
under command of Lieutenant Rush was later assigned to duty at Pontanezen 
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Lieutenant Rush left France March 16, 1919, on the S. S. George Wash- 
ington, and arrived at Hoboken, N. J., March 25, 1919. He was discharged 
from the service April 14, 1919, with the rank of first lieutenant, to which 
grade he had been promoted July 25, 1918. 

^SALISBURY, EDGAR NYE, enlisted in the service, was appointed 
sergeant, and assigned to Company H, 331st Infantry, 83rd Division. 
He left for overseas' duty from Camp Sherman, Ohio. He served with the 
83rd Division at LeMans. From LeMans he was transferred to the Officers' 
Training Camp at Valvonne, and was there at the time of the signing of the 
armistice, when he was again returned to his division at LeMans. Sergeant 
Salisbury was taken ill while in camp at Brest, in January, 1919. He was 
returned to the United States and sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., being later 
transferred to Camp Dix, N. J., where he died April 6, 1919. 

SCHARF, RALPH HAMMER, enlisted in the 2nd Company, 11th Pro- 
visional Training Regiment, First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 
111., May 11, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, 
Officers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917. He was one of nine officers se- 
lected from this battery for immediate service overseas. He reported at Ho- 
boken, N. J., August 29, 1917, and sailed from New York City on the U. S. S. 
Kroonland September 2, 1917, via Halifax, N. S., Liverpool and Southampton, 
England, and arrived at Le Havre, France, October S, 1917. Assigned to 
the Saumur Artillery School, Lieutenant Scharf was under the supervision of 
the French army officers from October 9 to December 27, 1917. Lieutenant 
Scharf reported to the 67th Field Artillery Brigade, 42nd Division at Coet- 
quidan, January 1, 1918, for assignment to troops, and was assigned to Bat- 
tery F, 150th Field Artillery, 67th Brigade, January 9, 1918. February 18, 
1918, the 150th Field Artillery departed for the front. His battalion arrived 
at Vacqueville, France, March 1, 1918. The 42nd Division remained at 
Vacqueville until March 25, 1918, when it was relieved only to be recalled on 
April 1 to take over the entire sector under the direction and command of its 
own staff. 

On June 19 the 150th Field Artillery left Vacqueville, and started for the 
Champagne front, where it arrived on the night of July 4, 1918, and was in 
position near Snippes, July 14-18. The 150th Field Artillery took part in the 
defense of the Champagne front. On July 19 it was on its way to Chateau 
Thierry, and on July 28, took its position on the Chateau Thierry front, re- 
maining in the Aisne-Marne offensive from then until August 10, 1918. 
On August 28, 1918, the 150th started its long and arduous march to 
the St. Mihiel salient, arriving in the forest near Sange September 7, 1918. 
On September 9 it took up its position near Beaumont, and participated in 
the St. Mihiel offensive, remaining in this sector until September 30, when 
it moved over toward the Argonne. The regiment took up positions at 
Montfaucon, then Cierges, and finally Exermont, which was occupied on the 
night of October 12. 

Lieutenant Scharf was commissioned first lieutenant, Field Artillery, 
October 3, 1918. 

The 150th Regiment fired its last shot in the war on November 1, 1918. 
On November 6 it moved on toward Sedan, and occupied the town of 
Thellone. The regiment was relieved on November 9, and after the armistice 
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EALPH H SCHARF 




JOHN B. BCHERRER 




TIIDMAS W. SCOTT 




J E. SILVER. JR. 





LESLIE G. SULLIVAN 




N. B. TAYLOR 



HAHLEY L. SWIFT 



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Lieutenant Scliarf Avas transferred to Company A, 117th Ammunition 
Train, and left on April 10, from Brest, arriving at Newport News, Va., May 
1. He was discharged from the service May 29, 1919. 

SCHERRER, JOHN BONIFACE, enlisted in Light Artillery, January, 
1918, at Camp Dix, N. J. In May, 1918, he was sent to the Fourth Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Meade, Md., and was commissionel second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp 
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and assigned to Battery C, 13th Regiment, 
Depot Brigade, Camp Jackson, S. C, in August, 1918. In October, 1918, he 
was detailed to the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and completed the course 
of instruction, December 21, 1918, with the forty-third class, and thereupon 
discharged from the service. 

SCOTT, THOMAS WAYNE, enlisted in Company B, 18th Infantry, 
Pennsylvania National Guard, June 23, 1916, and as corporal, was mustered 
into the World War service April 13, 1917, and made company clerk the 
next day. He was made sergeant August 12, 1917, sent to Camp Hancock, 
Ga., for training, on September 7, 1917, and made battalion bayonet instructor, 
1st Battalion, 11 1th Infantry, November 18, 1917. ' Sergeant Scott left 
New York May 5, 1918, arrived Calais, France, May 14, 1918. After two 
months training he was sent to the line near Crezancy, east of Chateau 
Thierry, July 15, 1918, and was burned by mustard gas, internally and ex- 
ternally, five days later. He was sent to hospitals from July 21, 1918, to 
January 28, 1919. 

Sergeant Scott returned to New York, March 20, 1919, and was assigned 
to the 17th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade, April 1, 1919. On May 2 he was 
made battalion sergeant major, 4th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade. On May 
22 he was assigned to Camp Headquarters, Camp Dix, N. J. He was ap- 
pointed regimental sergeant major June 17, 1919, and discharged from the 
service September 24, 1919. 

SELLERS, STEELE ROBERT, entered the radio school at College 
Park, Md., June 20, 1918, as a private. At the end of thirteen weeks he 
completed the course as expert radio engineer September 15, 1918, and was 
transferred to the 13th Service Company, College Park, as a private. On 
September 20, 1918, he was sent to Signal Officers' Training Camp, Franklin 
Cantonment, Camp Meade, Md. At the end of the eight weeks' course he was 
commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the 14th Signal Battalion. 
Lieutenant Sellers was discharged from the service November 23, 1918. 

SHOEMAKER, CHARLES SHIREY, enlisted in the Field Artillery 
Corps and was sent to the Third Reserve Officers' Training School at Camp 
Zachary Taylor, Ky. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, 
August 17, 1918. On November 11, 1918, he was ordered to the School of 
Fire at Fort Sill, Okla. After completing the course there he was stationed 
at Camp Custer, Michigan, as second lieutenant, 42nd Field Artillery, 14th 
Division, Battery A. 

SHULTZ, ADIE DOWNING, was appointed first lieutenant Ordnance 
Reserve Corps, September 1, 1917, and served in the Production division of 
the Ordnance Corps until April 1, 1918, when he was transferred to the 
gunpowder reservation, at Edgewood, Md. On September 12, 1918, all mem- 
bers of this outfit were transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service. He 
continued service at Edgewood Arsenal until December 18, 1918, when he 
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SHUPE, HARRY GLENN, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Force, and was 
stationed at Great Lakes, III, at the submarine listeners' school at New 
London, Conn., and on a submarine destroyer at Queenstown, Ireland. He 
was discharged February 17, 1919, with rating of quartermaster, first class. 

SIEBERT, ARTHUR HENRY, enlisted in the Pennsylvania National 
Guard and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he was assigned to Ambu- 
lance Company 109, 28th Division, and sent overseas. 

SILVER, JOSEPH ROBINSON, JR., was appointed first lieutenant. 
Sanitary Corps Gas Defense Service, October 5, 1917, and assigned to chemical 
research work at the American University Experimental Station, Washington, 
D. C. In November he was appointed commanding officer, Nela Park De- 
tachment, Gas Defense Service, Cleveland, Ohio, to establish and operate an 
experimental station for the commercial production of charcoal for gas mask 
cannisters. He held this assignment until March, 1918, when he was trans- 
ferred to the Astoria Plant of the Gas Defense Service to supervise the con- 
struction of a commercial installation of charcoal furnaces. This work was 
completed in July, 1918. Lieutenant Silver was promoted to captain, and 
assigned to the Development Division, Chemical Warfare Service, Cleve- 
land, Ohio. There he was assigned to development work on a commercial 
scale relative to the manufacture of mustard gas. In September, 1918, while 
on this work, he was gassed and did no further work. He was discharged 
as captain January 20, 1919. In April, 1919, he was commissioned major, 
U. S. Reserve Corps. 

SLACK, NORRIS HARLAN, enrolled in the Quartermaster Corps April 
12, 1917. He took the examinations for a commission in July, 1917, and was 
appointed first lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps, National Army, October 26, 
1917. He was assigned to Repair Shop Unit No. 306, Baltimore, Md. On 
November 3, 1918, Lieutenant Slack was promoted to captain, and assigned 
to Company E, Water Tank Train No. 301, and ordered overseas, where 
he served with the First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. On No- 
vember 16, 1918, he was assigned to the Third Army, and served with 
the Army of Occupation in Coblenz, Germany. Captain Slack returned to 
the United States in the latter part of April, 1919, and was discharged from 
the service. 

SMITH, DAWSON WOLVERTON, enlisted in Company F, 4th In- 
fantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and was stationed at Camp Stewart, 
El Paso, Texas, during the border trouble in 1916. When war was declared 
on Germany, he was called into active service as captain, U. S. Reserves, 
and ordered to attend the Second Engineers' Officers Training Camp at Fort 
Leavenworth, Kansas. On completion of the training period he was attached 
to the 7th Engineers until the second draft army was called. He was later 
assigned to the 319th Engineers at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal., and 
ordered with them overseas. 

SMITH, VINCENT WEAVER, was commissioned first lieutenant in 
the Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps on July 12, 1917, and assigned to active 
duty in the Inspection Section, Ordnance Department, as assistant inspector 
of powder and explosives, on October 10, 1917. He was relieved from active 
duty to return to the British American Chemical Company, by whom he was 
formerly employed, to become chemical director of a thirty-ton-per-day phenol 
plant for the Ordnance Department, and later for the developing and oper- 



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ation of a 5,000 lbs. per-day benzyl chloride plant for the Chemical Warfare 
Service. 

STEEL, CHARLES LOWNDES, after previous experience as a soldier 
in service on the Mexican border, took an examination for second lieutenant 
in the U. S. Army, received his commission, was promoted to first lieutenant 
on January 25, 1917. On August 5, 1917, he was promoted to captain, and 
placed in command of Company D, 35th Infantry, stationed at Nogales, Ariz. 

STRIEBY, WILFRED J., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was transferred to the 2nd Training Com- 
pany, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va., where he was commissioned 
first lieutenant. He was ordered overseas and stationed at the Coast Artillery 
Corps organization and training Centre No. 1, for tractor artillery. He was 
graduated in the first American class from the French Tractor Artillery 
School. He was training as Aerial Observer when the Armistice was signed. 

SWIFT, HARLEY LEANDER, was commissioned first lieutenant Engi- 
neer Officers' Reserve Corps, July 10, 1917, and assigned to Company D, 16th 
Engineers (Railway), the Detroit regiment. They sailed from New York, 
August 1, 1917, and landed at Liverpool, England, August 23, and Le Havre, 
France, August 27, 1917. The regiment was assigned to duty at Is-sur-Tille, 
Cote D'or, in charge of building Advance Depot No. 1. Lieutenant Swift was 
placed in charge of all electrical work, power plants, etc., there, at Base Hos- 
pital No. 17, and Central Medical Laboratory, Dijon. On April 1, 1918, the 
regiment was assigned to duty with the British First Army near Arras and 
later on duty with the British Third Army near Amiens. Lieutenant Swift 
was in command of Headquarters Detachment from April 1, 1918. From 
July 1 to October 15, 1918, the regiment had complete charge of and built 
the famous Nevers cut off, the largest railway project undertaken by the 
American Army. 

During September and October, 1918, Lieutenant Swift was on detached 
service as first assistant engineer officer in charge of the construction of the 
45,000-bed hospital at Mesves-Bulcy, Nievre. Simultaneously with this, he 
acted as engineer officer in charge of construction at Base Hospital No. 44. 
From October 15 to November 17, 1918, the regiment took part in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, reclaiming Boche light railway at Romagne, Buzancy, 
and elsewhere, and built the standard gauge railway from Verdun to Stenay 
on the Meuse. From November 17 to December 1, 1918, the regiment was 
with the Army of Occupation. 

Lieutenant Swift was promoted to captain November 8, 1918, and ordered 
to Headquarters' Service of Supplies at Tours. After the armistice he was 
returned to his regiment and assigned to command of Company C, then 
engaged in rebuilding a section of the Verdun-Sedan railway at Brieulles- 
sur-Meuse. 

The 16th Regiment arrived at Bordeaux January 22, 1919, and sailed 
for the United States on the U. S. S. Panaman April 10, arriving in New 
York April 22, 1919, and was discharged May 24, 1919, at Camp Custer, Mich. 

STILES, EZRA CLARKE, enlisted on November 26, 1917, as a corporal 
in the 446th Depot Detachment (Engineers), and was sworn into service at 
Fort Slocum November 31, 1917. On December 5, 1917, he was sent to Camp 
Devens, Mass., and sailed for overseas January 4, 1918. After landing at St. 
Nazaire, he was in the hospital for five weeks. He was transferred to Bor- 
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447th Depot Detachment (Engineers), and worked in the department of 
construction and forestry. He entered the training camp for officers at 
Langres on August 1, and was commissioned second lieutenant on September 
26, 1918. Lieutenant Stiles was stationed at Langres and attached to the 
40th Engineers. After the armistice he left for a tour of the front, and 
arrived at Aletz the day the French formally took possession of the town. 
Upon his return from the inspection trip. Lieutenant Stiles joined Company 
C, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, and remained with them tmtil December 31, 
1918. He received orders to return to the United States, via Brest, arriving 
in New York on February 12, 1919. He received his discharge Februarv 
17, 1919. 

SUITER, PAUL P., served as a private with Company B, 93rd Engineers. 

SULLIVAN, LESLIE GOODWIN, entered the First Reserve Officers' 

Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917. On November 15, 
1917, he was attached to the 110th Infantry, Company K, 28th Division, at 
Camp Hancock, Ga., transferred to the 371st Infantry, Camp Jackson, S. C, 
January, 1918. He was transferred to Engineer Corps September, 1918, and 
assigned to the 71st Engineers at ^^^ashington Barracks, November, 1918. 
He was discharged at Washington Barracks, D. C, December 18, 1918. 

TASKER, HARRISON MORTON, enlisted in Naval Aviation Corps, 
and after completing the ground school at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, ]\Iass., was transferred to the Curtiss Plant, Buffalo, 
N. Y., as an inspector. 

TAYLOR, NEWELL EASTMAN, enlisted in the Aviation Section and 
was sent to the United States School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell Uni- 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., and then to Souther Field, Americus, Ga., where he 
was commissioned second lieutenant. He was transferred to Brooks Field, 
San Antonio, Tex., and after completing the course of instruction there, re- 
turned to Souther Field as an instructor. 

VAN REED, CLYDE S., enlisted September 18, 1917, in the Ordnance 
Department, and was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., for attachment to the Ordnance 
Depot. During his service there he was promoted to Ordnance sergeant, and 
made chief storekeeper of the Ordnance Depot. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant Ordnance, on October 22, 1918, and was ordered to Hoboken, N. J., 
for overseas' duty. While at the latter point, the cessation of hostilities 
caused the cancellation of all sailings, and he was ordered to Camp Meade, 
and later to Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., where he was made 
the camp Ordnance Officer. Lieutenant Reed was discharged March 15, 1919. 

VARDEN, FRANK WINGER, entered the Fourth Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Custer. ]\Iich. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Field Artillery, at Camp Zachary Taylor, S. C, where he was assigned 
to the 4th Regiment (Field Artillery), Replacement Depot. He was promoted 
to first lieutenant. Field Artillery, October 23, 1918. His duties consisted 
of those of regimental inspector. Lieutenant Varden was discharged from 
the service December 11, 1918. 

VOGEL, EDWIN P., was inducted into the service October 5, 1917, and 
reported at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Promotion to corporal was 
made October 27th and to sergeant. Headquarters Company, 323rd Field 
Artillery, on November 5. He was detailed to the Officers' Training Camp 



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January 1, 1918. On April 15 he graduated and transferred to Camp 
Jackson, S. C. On June 1 he was commissioned second lieutenant, Field 
Artillery, and detailed to Fort Sill School of Fire on August 4. He was 
detailed as instructor in field artillery to Officers' Training School, Camp 
Taylor, on October 15, 1918. The last class was completed about February 
20, 1919, and Lieut. Vogel remained for further instruction until April 15, 
when he reported to Camp Holabird, Md., and remained there in the Supply 
Division until August 25, when he received his discharge. 

WELLING, HENRY, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Infantry. He was ordered to Camp Meade, Md., as first lieutenant. 
Infantry, February 13, 1919, where he was assigned to the 316th Infantry, 
79th Division. He was ordered overseas June 29, 1918. On September 2'6, 
1918, he was wounded and sent to the hospital. Lieutenant ^Yelling was 
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. 

WEST, JOHN PATTERSON, enlisted in the Field Artillery Officers' 
Reserve Corps and was commissioned second lieutenant at the close of the 
Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., 
November 27, 1917. He was ordered to the 311th Ammunition Train, 86th 
Division, Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. He was attached to Train Headquar- 
ters, IMilitar}- Police, January 30, 1918, and was transferred to the 161st 
Depot Brigade, May 11, 1918, and on May 20 was transferred to the Field 
Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. He was ordered 
to the school for aerial observers at Fort Sill, Okla., June 22, and to Selfridge 
Field, ]\It. Clemens, Mich., school of aerial gunnery, September 25, 1918. He 
was rated aerial observer October 19, and ordered to the Air Service Depot, 
Garden Citv. L. I., October 30, 1918, for overseas' service. He was discharged 
December 19, 1918. 

WESTON, HARRY B., enlisted in Battery A, 1st Massachusetts Field 
Artillery, in June, 1916. He received the commission of second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, and was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on March 
22, 1917, to take the Provisional Officers' Training Course, from which he 
was graduated as second lieutenant Field Artillery, July, 1917. From there 
he was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., and assigned to the 14th Field Artillery. 
He resigned from the service in September, 1917. 

On November 1, 1917, he enlisted in the U. S. Engineers, and was as- 
signed to the 7th Engineers, Company E, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. In 
December of that year he was made corporal and in January, 1918, was made 
sergeant. He went overseas, March 6, 1918, with Company E, 7th U. S. 
Engineers, and served at Gievres, Loire et Cher, Engineer Depot, until July, 
1918. He went to the front in July, 1918, and served with certain reliefs from 
time to time in Alsace near Collet, in Lorraine near St. Die, Moyenmontier, 
Toul, Nancy; in St. Mihiel ofTensive near Thiancourt, and Meuse-Argonne, 
near Montfaucon, Cunel, and other towns, Avith the 5th Division. He was sent 
to the hospital at Bordeaux October 27, 1918, because of hemorrhage resulting 
from shell explosion which struck beside him, and in December, 1918, returned 
to the United States, to Camp Merritt. He was discharged as sergeant 
Engineers, on January 22, 1919. 

WIENER, HOWARD CHARLES, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and was commissioned 
as lieutenant, U. S. Cavalry. 



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HAERY B. WESTON 




L. E. ANDREWS 





C. B. AUBBL 




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WHITMAN, SAMUEL NISLEY, enlisted November 2, 1917, and was 
assigned as private to Company B, 316th Infantry, at Camp Meade, Md. He 
was transferred to the Utilities Detachment, Construction Division, shortly 
afterward. He was appointed sergeant December 14, 1917; sergeant, first 
class February 22, 1918, as a draftsman, and commissioned second lieutenant 
June 22, 1918, as assistant officer in charge of camp utilities. Camp Meade, Md. 
He was assigned officer in charge of the engineering department, and later 
received duties as personnel officer, exchange officer, and athletic officer. 
Lieutenant Whitman was discharged from Camp Meade, Md., August 20, 1919. 

WILFONG, JOHN EDWIN, enlisted as a private in the 10th Reserve 
Engineers (Forestry) and was sent overseas. 

1915 

ANDREWS, LEON EDGAR, entered the military service on September 
5, 1917, being assigned to the Machine Gun Company, 342nd Infantry, and 
began his army career as a recruit. On September 27, 1917, he was trans- 
ferred to Company F, 311th Engineers. In due course of time promotions came 
as follows : private to corporal, October 8, and corporal to sergeant, November 
14, 1917. During that time he was in charge of topographical field work for 
the regiment. 

In December he was selected for the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
and on January 5, 1918, entered Company 1 of the Engineer Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant 
Engineer Corps, on April 10, 1918. Lieutenant Andrews was assigned 
to Company B, 521st Engineers, at Camp Humphreys, Va. On June 28, 
1918, he was detailed as battalion adjutant, and promoted to first lieutenant 
on July 18, 1918. On August 30, 1918, his battalion sailed from Hoboken 
on the U. S. S. Susquehanna and debarked in Brest, France, on Septem- 
ber 12. It arrived at Mesves-sur-Loire on September 21, and was engaged 
in hospital construction, where Lieutenant Andrews was made superintend- 
ent of surveys. During the latter part of May, 1919, the 521st Engineers 
assembled at LeMans and sailed for the United States from St. Nazaire, June 
12, 1919, on the U. S. S. Princess Matoika. Lieutenant Andrews was dis- 
charged at Washington, D. C, on July 18, 1919. 

*ARNOLD, FLOYD ELMER, entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. At the close of the second camp he was 
commissioned second lieutenant. Five from his company were chosen for the 
Regular Army, and were assigned to overseas' service. Lieutenant Arnold 
was the second man chosen. Lieutenant Arnold sailed from Hoboken, N. J., 
January 12, 1918. Upon his arrival in France he was assigned to a French 
training school for four weeks. At the close of the school he was assigned 
to Company G, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, and ordered to the front. This 
division took part in the raids in the Ansauville sector from January 15, to 
April 3, 1918, and the Cantigny sector from April 25 to July 7, 1918. 

On July 17, 1918, Lieutenant Arnold marched all night, and at dawn, on 
July 18, went "over the top" for the seventh time. During the Aisne-Marne 
offensive, July 18-24, the captain of Company G, 18th Infantry, being wounded, 
and the first lieutenant having been killed some time previous. Lieutenant 
Arnold was automatically thrown into command and successfully led his men 
"over the top." In this engagement, he was wounded in the right temple 
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to a hospital and recovered from his wounds, but it is believed that he never 
fully recovered from the effects of the gas, because he never returned to the 
front despite his several attempts to secure permission. He Avas detailed to 
adjust French claims. 

On August 14, 1918, Lieutenant Arnold was cited for "gallant and ex- 
ceptional leadership, and courage above the ordinary." Due to the weakened 
condition of his lungs, he later contracted pneumonia, from which he died 
November 18, 1918, in a hospital at Paris. Lieutenant Arnold was promoted 
to first lieutenant after being wounded, July 22, 1918. 

AUBEL, CLIFF ERRETT, on May 8, 1917, reported at Fort Riley, Kan., 
and was assigned to the 14th Provisional Training Camp. He received the 
commission of second lieutenant Field Artillery, and was ordered August 20, 

1917, to duty with the 20th Cavalry, then at Fort Riley. The regiment re- 
mained there until November 1, 1917, at which time it moved to Camp Logan, 
Houston, Tex. While at Camp Logan the regiment was changed to the 78th 
Field Artillery, and remained there until April 30, 1918, at which time it was 
ordered to Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla., and brigaded with the 6th Field 
Artillery. Here the 20th Cavalry trained as a brigade until July 3, 1918, 
when orders were received for overseas' service and they proceeded to Camp 
jNlills, N. Y., for embarkation. They remained at Camp Mills for a week or 
ten days and then sailed on S. S. Coronia, and landed in England July 29. 

1918. After remaining at Le Havre for several days the troops proceeded 
to Camp Valdahon, in east central France, and in September they were 
transferred to Neufchateau and Chaumont to wait for equipment. 

About December 8, 1918, Lieutenant Aubel was ordered to Brest for the 
homeward journey. He left for Brest via Tours and Nantes, and joined his 
regiment then camped at Pontnazen. 

He sailed January 5, 1919, three days after the regiment, on the U. S. 
Transport President Grant, and arrived in New York January 16, 1919. He 
was sent to Camp Lewis, ^^'ash., to join the 346th Field Artillery. He 
arrived January 30, 1919, and two days later the regiment was disbanded. 
Upon his request Lieutenant Aubel Avas transferred to the 166th Depot 
Brigade, then on duty at Camp Lewis. He remained with them until ]\larch 
15, 1919, when he was discharged. 

BALL, CHARLES DODSON, JR., enlisted as a private in the Ordnance 
Corps, National Army, August, 1917, and was stationed at Watervliet Arsenal, 
AVatervliet, N. Y. On January 4, 1918, he was ordered overseas with the 
Ordnance Department and was stationed at Tours and Is-sur-Tille. He was 
transferred to the Chemical \\'arfare Service and was in the gas and research 
laboratory near Paris. In July, 1918, he was promoted to corporal, and in Oc- 
tober, 1918, to sergeant. He was discharged February 10, 1919. 

BARNHART, H. D., was commissioned second lieutenant at the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

BARRON, ALBERT MILTON, enlisted November 2, 1917, at Camp 
Meade, Md., and was assigned to Company M, 316th Infantry, from November 
2, 1917, to January 5, 1918. He attended the Infantry Officers' Training 
School at Camp Meade, and completed the course April 21, 1918. On the 
same date he was assigned to Company M, 316th Infantry. He was sent to 
the Infantry Replacement Camp at Camp Lee, Va., where he remained from 
May 15 to Jvnie 16, 1918. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, 



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June 1, 1918, at Camp Lee, Va. He was transferred to the 46th Company, 
152nd Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, N. Y., on June 16, 1918, and remained 
until October 25, 1918. He was detailed on special duty to Headquarters 
Eastern Department, from October 25, 1918, to November 15, 1918. Lieu- 
tenant Barron was discharged from the service at Camp Upton, N. Y., 
December 20, 1918. 

BEAR, SIMON LEE, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was transferred to the 4th Training Com- 
pany, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps and sent overseas unassigned ; attended 
Heavy Artillery School, Camp Mailly, France, from January to April, 1918; 
promoted to a provisional first lieutenancy, April, 1918; artillery instructor 
at Organization and Training Center, Limoges, April to July, 1918; assigned 
to 44th Coast Artillery Corps, in August, and remained with this organization 
until January 1, 1919. He served in the following capacities : Battery officer, 
St. Mihiel offensive gas officer and observer, Toul sector, Thioucourt, until 
the armistice ; liaison officer, until relieved on January 1, 1920. 

Lieutenant Bear was ordered to casual officers' camp at Gondrecourt, 
Meuse, and received assignment to University of Dijon as a student, remain- 
ing there tmtil July 1, 1919. He arrived in the United States July 29, 1919, 
and was discharged September 15, 1919. 

BELL, JAY THOMPSON, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Sheridan, III., August 27, 1917, and was commissioned 
provisional second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, Regular Army, October 
26, 1917. He was stationed at Fort Monroe, Va., from November, 1917, to 
March, 1918, transferred to Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, Cal., and there as- 
signed to Battery A, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion. In June, 1918, he sailed 
for France. Lieutenant Bell was on active duty in the Argonne offensive 
from October 1, 1918, to November 11, 1918. He was in command of 
Battery A, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion, from the latter part of October, 
1918, until the unit was demobilized at Camp Dix, N. J., in January, 1919. 
Lieutenant Bell received his discharge July 7, 1919. 

BEYERLE, JOHN F., enlisted at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, August 14, 
1917, and served as a utility prison guard until September 11, 1917, when 
he was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, for training. He was recalled November 
10, 1917, and was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., joined a casual company and 
sailed for France November 15, 1917. He landed in Bordeaux, December 5, 
1917, and was assigned to a rest camp at Genecart, sent from there to Tours, 
and then to Is-Sur-Tille, arriving there about February 15, 1918. He was as- 
signed to 104th Field Artillery, 26th Division, April 10, 1918. He participated 
in the major operations at Chateau Thierry, June 10 to August 6. He was 
wounded by shrapnel and taken to Evacuation Hospital No. 26. He was 
returned to his organization to outfit and aid in the Verdun attack and was 
on the St. Mihiel front September 12-18, and then in Argonne Forest where 
he was slightly gassed. He remained on this front until November 11, 1918. 
He marched into Germany with the Army of Occupation through Luxem- 
bourg and was stationed at Coblenz. Ill with influenza and with a re- 
lapse from a gas attack, he was sent from the Coblenz hospital to Trier, 
from Trier to Toul, from Toul to Bordeaux, from Bordeaux across to New- 
port News, and from there to Fort Ontario, Base Hospital No. 205. He 
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BLAIR, JAMES WHITE, served with Field Hospital No. 109, Camp 
Hancock, Ga. On August 16, 1918, he was promoted to corporal Field 
Hospital, No. 109, 103rd Sanitary Train, American Expeditionary Force. 

BLUME, WILLIAM ELBERT, enlisted about November 6, 1917, in 
Company D, 25th Engineers. He was appointed sergeant, January 1, 1918, 
and sailed overseas, February 25, 1918. He was appointed sergeant first 
class July 1, 1918, and commissioned second lieutenant, Engineer Corps, with 
rank from August 11, 1918. Lieutenant Blume served through the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive and was promoted to first lieutenant, of Engineer Corps. 
He returned to the United States May 23, 1919, and was discharged June 23, 
1919. His entire service was with Company D, 25th Engineers, both as an 
enlisted man and officer. 

BOLE, RALPH DEPUY, was commissioned second lieutenant and or- 
dered to the training camp at American University, Washington, D. C, where 
he reported September 2, 1917. Here he was assigned to Company 1, Second 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp. He was assigned to Company A, 1st Re- 
placement of Engineers at Washington Barracks, D. C, December 14, 1917. 
Lieutenant Bole was promoted to first lieutenant in April, 1918. He was 
transferred from Washington Barracks, D. C, to Fort Foote, Md., March 1, 
and from the 1st Replacement Regiment to Camp Forrest, Ga., July 21. He 
was assigned as camp insurance officer at Camp Forrest until August 15, 
1918, and assigned to Company E, 211th Regiment of Engineers, August 26. 
Two days later he was transferred to Company D, 209th Regiment of Engi- 
neers, Camp Forrest. The regiment was sent to Camp Sheridan, Ala., Sep- 
tember 1, where it was assigned to the 9th Division. Lieutenant Bole re- 
mained with Company D, 209th Regiment, until discharged from the service 
January 26, 1919. 

BOWMAN, ERNEST LAVERN, was mustered in as a private with the 
Machine Gun Detachment, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, 
on April 23, 1918. He served until honorably discharged on April 29, 1919. 
He was made first-class private in November, 1918. 

BRUA, GEORGE EARL, served as a government chemist for the 
Ordnance Department at Youngstown, Ohio, with rank of private. 

BUCK, JOHN EARL, served with the 24th Engineers, Headquarters' 
Company, 2nd Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces. 

CAHALL, RALPH JONES, enlisted September 29, 1917, and reported 
to Princeton Ground School October 13, 1917, from which he was graduated 
on December 8, 1917. He was ordered to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., 
December 14, 1917, for flying instructions. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant, as a reserve military aviator. Air Service, February 4, 1918, and 
completed the instructors' course in April, 1918. He was flying instructor 
at Kelly Field from April to October 1, 1918. Lieutenant Cahall was trans- 
ferred to Technical Division, Air Service, and reported to Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., October 1, 1918, to take a course 
in aeronautical engineering. He received his certificate from the above 
institution January 25, 1919, on completing his course, and received his dis- 
charge from the service on January 25,- 1919. 

CAMPBELL, LUTHER CLYDE, entered the Second Officers' Training 
Camp, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., and was commissioned second lieu- 



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tenant, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps. He was made division 
Ordnance officer, Vancouver Barracks, Wasli., and promoted to first lieu- 
tenant, Air Service, Aircraft Production. 

CALDWELL, E. F., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Plattsburgh. 

CASEY, THEODORE MURDOCK, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and later served with an ambulance 
unit. 

CLARK, FREDERICK REYBOLD, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 11, 1917, and was commis- 
sioned first lieutenant. Infantry, August 15, 1917. He was assigned to the 
312tli Machine Gun Battalion, 79th Division. He was with Company A of 
this organization from August 29, 1917, to April 10, 1918, when he was 
assigned as supply officer until August 1, 1918, and division munitions' officer 
and assistant division Ordnance Officer of the 79th Division until he was 
discharged June 3, 1919. Lieutenant Clark was in foreign service from July 8, 
1918, until May 29, 1919. He was promoted to captain May 2, 1919. 

CLEAVES, EUGENE LEE, served as corporal with the 27th Engineers. 

COPE, HENRY NORTON, enlisted at El Paso, Tex., July 17, 1917, with 
the 10th Engineers (Forestry) and trained at the American University, 
Washington, D. C. On September 10, 1917, he sailed for overseas and arrived 
in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2, 1917. He was a member of Company F, 
and Avas stationed in the French Department of Doubs near the town of 
Levier. The company built its own barracks and complete camp. He 
was appointed corporal in August, 1918, and returned to the United States 
via Brest. He was discharged March 9, 1919. 

CRANSTON, HENRY VIGOR, sailed for France in June, 1917, with 
the first party of Y. M. C. A. secretaries to work with the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces, and served with the Y. M. C. A. at St. Nazaire until 
November, 1917. He enlisted as yeoman, third class, on board U. S. S. Presi- 
dent Lincoln, a troop transport, in November, 1917, and was assigned to 
Naval Auxiliary Reserve Officers' Material School in March, 1918. Cranston 
was commissioned ensign U. S. Naval Reserve Force, August, 1918, gradu- 
ating first in a class of 234. He was then assigned to the U. S. S. Orizaba, 
troop transport, and made two trips as assistant navigator and one as junior 
officer of the deck. He was then detached from the U. S. S. Orizaba and 
assigned as inspecting officer. Operations Department, Naval Overseas' Trans- 
portation Service. Ensign Cranston retired to inactive duty in April, 1919. 

CRAWFORD, VIRGIL LUTHER, enlisted in the service and was as- 
signed to the 4th Provisional Company, Veterinary Training School, Cadra. 
He was discharged January 23, 1919. 

CROCKER, THOMAS JOHN, entered the army at Camp Lee, Va., 
September 8, 1917, in Company A, 305th Engineers, 80th Division, as a pri- 
vate. He was promoted to corporal and then sergeant, before January 3, 
1918. He entered the Engineer Officers' Training Camp January 3, 1918, at 
Camp Lee, and was commissioned second lieutenant March 13, 1918. He left 
the training camp April 6 and joined Company D, 318th Engineers, 6th Di- 
vision, at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, April 12, 1918. He left the 



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United States May 8, 1918, and returned June 11, 1919, having spent six 
weeks in the Gerardamer sector of the Vosges, and nine days in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the Engineer 
Reserve Corps, September, 1919. 

CROCKETT, OILMAN KIMBALL, entered the first Plattsburgh Train- 
ing Camp, May 15, 1917, and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the 
Regular Army, August 15. He was assigned to the 38th U. S. Infantry, and 
reported for duty August 29, 1917, at Syracuse, N. Y. He was transferred 
with the regiment to Camp Greene, N. C, on October 15, 1917. Upon the 
formation of machine-gun battalions, he was assigned to the 7th Machine 
Gun Battalion. This was motorized and Companies C and D were trans- 
ferred to the 8th and 9th Machine Gun Battalions. Lieutenant Crockett, 
being a member of Company D, went to the 9th Machine Gun Battalion. He 
sailed for France February 27, 1918, arrived at Brest March 15, 1918, and was 
sent to the machine gun school at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He reported back to 
his company April 22, 1918, which was in the 3rd Division near Chateau 
Villian. He was ordered with his company to the Chateau Thierry front on 
May 28, 1918, and held this sector until July 15, when the Germans launched 
their last big attack. He took part in the counter attack of July 22, crossed 
the Marne and helped to drive the Germans back toward Fere-en-Tardenois. 
His division was relieved by the 32nd Division July 28, and went into billets 
just back of the line. 

The 6th Brigade, the 30th and 39th Infantries, and the 9th Machine Gun 
Battalion, were ordered to the Vesle river August 1, 1918. They fought near 
Fismes, and then went into the Gondrecourt training area August 25. On 
September 12 they went into the St. Mihiel offensive and from there into 
the Meuse-Argonne battle on October 4, 1918. 

Lieutenant Crockett was wounded twice while in action : first, on July 22, 
1918, by a machine-gun bullet through the left hand, and again on October 9, 
1918, by another machine-gun bullet which hit him in the left side of the 
jaw, travelled down through his neck and came out of his right shoulder. 
Lieutenant Crockett was sent to the hospital and sailed for the United States 
December 15, and arrived at Newport News December 31, 1918. He was 
sent to the base hospital at Camp Devens, and was operated on twice. He 
was discharged from the hospital as cured June 10, 1919, assigned to duty 
with the 36th Infantry, and received his permanent commission as first 
lieutenant. 

GROUSE, RANDAL HOWARD, was appointed second lieutenant of 
Company A, National Guard, 8th Pennsylvania Infantry, from York, July 9, 
1917. He was promoted to first lieutenant. Company A, 112th Infantry, 28th 
Division, while at Camp Hancock, Ga. Lieutenant Crouse sailed for France 
May 6, 1918, and went into action in July, 1918. He participated in every 
battle until the signing of the armistice and came out without a wound. He 
was transferred as first lieutenant to 1st Battalion, where he served as 
adjutant and intelligence officer, 112th Infantry Headquarters, 28th Division, 
and arrived in the United States in May, 1919. 

CROWELL, RALPH THOMAS, enlisted May 15, 1918, and entered 
the Fourth Officers' Training Camp at Camp Custer, Mich. This school was 
moved to Camp Lee, Va., June 30, 1918. On August 26, 1918, he was commis- 
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Camp Dix, N. J. He served with the 5th, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 143rd 
Depot Brigade, Camp Dix, N. J., until discharged, March 15, 1919. 

GULP, HARRY FRANKLIN, served with the Hospital Corps, 111th 
Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces. 

CUNO, JOHN BROWN, had received his second lieutenant's commis- 
sion in January before the United States declared war against Germany, and 
was ordered to report to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on May 8, 1917. After a 
month in training at Fort Oglethorpe and two months at Camp American 
University, he was assigned to and remained with the 20th Engineers until 
it was demobilized after returning from overseas. 

Lieutenant Cuno left for France on November 12, 1917, and reached 
St. Nazaire. From there he went south, to a little town called Dax in the 
Department of the Landes, not far from Spain. There the 1st Battalion to 
which he had been assigned cut yellow pine timber for docks at Bordeaux, 
storage warehouses at St. Sulpice, etc. He was supply officer for the bat- 
talion, and was promoted to first lieutenant in September, 1918. Part of 
the time he was on detached service in Bordeaux looking after supplies. 

CURRAY, WILLIAM, was with the Aviation Corps in Louisiana. 

DAVIS, HIRAM CLAYTON, enlisted in the Ordnance Department and 
was assigned to Company D, Ordnance Supply School, Camp Hancock, Ga., 
June 30, 1918. On August 10, 1918, he was transferred to the 3rd Regiment, 
Ordnance Training School, at Camp Hancock. 

DAETWYLER, CALVIN CROWELL, enlisted in the 3rd New Jersey 
Infantry, National Guard, in Camden, N. J., May 1, 1917, and was called 
into service July 25, 1917. He was detailed to Camp Edge, Sea Girt, N. J., 
until September 29, 1917, when he was ordered to Camp McClellan, Anniston, 
Ala. While at Sea Girt he was appointed corporal. In March, 1918, Corporal 
Daetwyler was transferred to the post band, Camp Upton, N. Y. In July, 
1918, he was detailed to the Central Officers' Training School for Field Ar- 
tillery, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Field Artillery, November 10, 1918, and was assigned to the staff 
of the training school until November 24, 1918, when he was ordered to the 
School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., where he was stationed until December 17, 
1918. Lieutenant Daetwyler was discharged from the service December 17, 
1918. 

DENITHORNE, GEORGE STEPHENSON, enlisted in the Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps and was assigned to Company 3, Engineer Officers' 
Training Corps, at Camp Lee, Va., and was commissioned first lieutenant 
Engineer Corps. He left Camp Lee, Va., on April 15, 1918, for a fifteen days' 
furlough, and reported May 1, 1918, at Camp Meade, Md., having been 
assigned to the 27th Engineers, the only mining regiment in the Army. He 
was attached to Company C for a while, but was transferred to the recruit 
detachment for overseas. Company F was formed from the recruit detach- 
ment on July 19, 1918, to which Lieutenant Denithorne was permanently 
assigned. Company F, 27th Engineers, arrived at Camp Merritt, N. J., August 
22, 1918, and sailed overseas August 31, 1918, landing at Glasgow September 
13, 1918. Lieutenant Denithorne was in active service at the front from 
October to November 11, 1918, building bridges, for the First Army in the 
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December 10, 1918, after various billets in French towns, and sailed for the 
United States March 7, on the U. S. S. Dakotan. Lieutenant Denithorne 
arrived at Hoboken, N. J., March 20, 1919, and was discharged at Camp 
Meade, Md., April 15, 1919. 

DEVLIN, NATHANIEL DRUMMOND, was with the Cleveland unit, 
Base Hospital No. 4, Lakeside, from July 21 to August 14, 1917, and from 
August 14 to September 8, 1917, was in New York City. This unit sailed 
September 8, and arrived at Liverpool, England, September 8, 1917, and ar- 
rived at La Havre, France, September 23, 1917. He was attached to the 
British forces in Northern France until March 10, 1919. The unit sailed from 
Brest on March 31, arrived at Boston April 8, 1919, and was mustered out 
April 23, 1919. 

DIEHL, MILTON ADAM, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. He later entered the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, was commissioned second lieutenant, and ordered to the 
Infantry Replacement and Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va. He was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant September 26, 1918. . 

Lieutenant Diehl was assigned to Company A, 10th Battalion, Infantry 
Replacement and Training Camp, Camp Lee. In October, 1918, he was 
placed in command of the 100th Provisional Company, and left for overseas 
October 28, 1918, with his company. He arrived in France November 9, 1918. 
His company was broken up and used as replacements. Lieutenant Diehl 
became attached to the 41st Division. Later he was assigned to duty with 
the 1st Replacement Depot, St. Aigan, France, and was company commander 
until June, 1919. He then volunteered for duty with the Graves' Registration 
Service, and was sent to Romagne, France. Lieutenant Diehl left Brest 
for the United States July 19, and arrived at Hoboken, N. J., July 29, 1919. 
He was discharged August 16, 1919. 

DIMELOW, JAMES EDGAR, enlisted in the Army Field Artillery 
Corps, and after serving overseas, was attached as private to Headquarters 
Company, 10th Field Artillery, Army of Occupation. He was later granted 
a three months' course at the University of Paris. 

DONNELLY, ARTHUR T., was at Camp Lee, Va., and also attended 
the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Meyer, Va., in August, 1917. 

DORFMAN, LOUIS MORRIS, attempted to enter the First and Second 
Reserve Officers' Training Camps but was rejected. He was called in the 
draft in September, 1917, but was again rejected on account of hernia. 
He was inducted into the service May 25, 1918, and entrained for Camp 
Meade, Md. There he was attached to Company M, 316th Infantry. In a 
few weeks, after a thorough physical examination, he was transferred to the 
154th Depot Brigade. Due to his former experience at "State," he assisted in 
drilling, and on July 1, 1918, was appointed corporal. From July 1 to August 
15, 1918, he was kept busy drilling platoons in his company. On August 15, 
1918, he was sent to the base hospital. About October 8, 1918, Corporal 
Dorfman was ordered to report to the headquarters of the development bat- 
talions for duty in the office. 

In December, 1918, he was promoted to regimental sergeant major. He 
was given his discharge January 3, 1919. 



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DOWD, CALE BEARD, attended the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to 109th Infantry, Supply Company, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

DUNBAR, JOHN EDWARD DUBOIS, enlisted June 6, 1918, in the 
27th Engineers (Mining Regiment), and left for overseas duty, as sergeant, 
August 31, 1918. He arrived on foreign soil September 13, 1918, at Glasgow, 
Scotland, and at Le Havre, France, September 17, 1918. He was stationed 
in and around Clermont during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. While in 
France he was appointed master engineer, senior grade. His regiment, a 
special organization, was attached to the First Army. It was released from 
the First Army during the latter part of December, 1918. The regiment sailed 
from St. Nazaire on February 7, 1919, for the United States, and landed at 
Hoboken March 20, 1919. Sergeant Dunbar was discharged at Camp Grant, 
111., on April 11, 1919. 

DUTEMPLE, COOK WILLIAM PHILLIPS, enlisted May 30, 1917. 
He spent six weeks training at Fort Strong, Boston, Mass., and sailed for 
France July 11, 1917, on the S. S. Aurania via Queenstown, Liverpool, 
Southampton, and Le Havre, arriving July 23, 1917. After an uneventful 
twenty months' service without a single day off, he received a seven days' 
furlough, and then spent four months at the University of Paris (La Sor- 
bonne). He returned to New York July 18, and was demobilized at Camp 
Mills, N. Y., July 26, 1919. 

EASTON, THEODORE WILLIAM, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. He was assigned to Company F, 111th Regiment, at Camp Hancock, 
Ga., transferred to 108th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th Division, and sailed 
for France April 28, 1918. He entered the front line June 24, 1918, and on 
September 3, was wounded at Fismes, in the battle of the Marne. He spent 
eleven weeks recovering at Base Hospital No. 68. Lieutenant Easton left 
France February 6, 1919. He was discharged March 3, 1919. 

ECKLEY, JOHN RAYMOND, was admitted May, 1918, into actual 
service at the School of Military Aeronautics at Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, Mass. He was honorably released from military 
service in June, 1918, and sent to the General Steel Company, Milwaukee, 
Wis., to assist in steel production. He entered the U. S. Tank Corps in 
October, 1918, and was sent to Camp Polk, Raleigh, N. C. He was admitted 
to the Reserve Officers' Training Camp and retained there until the signing 
of the armistice. In December, 1918, he was sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte, 
N. C, to be mustered out of service and was later sent to Camp Meade, Md. 
He was honorably discharged from military service January 13, 1918. 

ERB, GEORGE KRAUSE, enlisted in Company D, 1st Telephone Bat- 
talion, United States Reserves, April 20, 1917, with the rank of sergeant. He 
was called into active service June 17, 1917, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, 
August 20, 1917. He was attached to the 1st Division when that unit 
took over the first American sector northwest of Toul. He was later 
attached to the First Army Corps and went through Chateau Thierry, the 
reduction of the St. Mihiel salient, and the beginning of the Argonne 
drive. On October 20, 1918, he was transferred to the Chemical Warfare 
Service and sent to the officers' training school at Hanlon Field where he 
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armistice the school was discontinued, and the men were divided into casual 
companies preparatory to sailing for the United States. Erb landed at New- 
port News, Va., January 9, 1919, and was mustered out of service January 
20, 1919. 

ESHLEMAN, GERALD JACOB CHARLES, after serving on the Mexi- 
can border with Company E, 2nd Infantry, New York National Guard, during 
the summer of 1916, he began duty on March 25, 1917, in the upper part of 
New York State when it was deemed necessary to protect the railroad bridges, 
canal locks, tunnels, etc. On May 31, 1917, he was ordered to Madison 
Barracks, N. Y., to attend the First Officers' Training Camp. In August he 
rejoined his regiment and was appointed corporal. The New York division 
went into training at Spartanburg, S. C, in September. Corporal Eshle- 
man's regiment became the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division of the 
United States Army. He was detailed to attend the gas defense school, 
from which he was appointed instructor in the subject. The division sailed 
for France on May 14, 1918, and landed at Brest, France, May 20. It 
was sent immediately to the British sector in Northern France and Belgium, 
and put in the lines. 

On September 29, 1918, the 27th and 30th American Divisions with the 
Australian 2nd Corps, broke through the famous Hindenburg Line between 
the cities of Cambrai and St. Quentin. In this drive Corporal Eshlenian re- 
ceived a shrapnel wound in the right hand, and was sent to Base Hospital No. 
Z7 at Dartfort, Eng. He rejoined his regiment in France on December 4, 1918. 

The Division left Brest, France, for the United States on February 28, 
1919, and landed at New York March 6, 1919. Corporal Eshleman was dis- 
charged on April 1, 1919. 

EVERHART, GEORGE WILBERT, enlisted May 23, 1917, and was 
assigned to the 5th Engineers at El Paso, Tex. He was later transferred with 
the same regiment to Brownsville, Tex., and made corporal in the Ordnance 
Detachment of the same regiment. The regiment was then transferred from 
Brownsville, and prepared for overseas. It left Hoboken, N. J., July 30, 1917, 
and landed in Brest, August 12. It was stationed in the training area for six 
weeks, when it was ordered to the 7th Division, and assigned to the Peuvenell 
sector, which comprised the country around Rombercourt, Thiaucourt, and 
Vilcey en Haye. 

The regiment sailed from Brest on February 15, and landed in the United 
States February 25, 1919. The 5th was mustered out at Camp Humphreys, Va. 

FADDIS, CHARLES, enlisted in Company K, 10th Infantry (Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment) June 22, 1916, and served as sergeant on the Mexican border 
patrol for three months. He was then relieved and sent home. July 15, 1917, 
he was again called into service and promoted to first sergeant. He was 
admitted to the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 
August 15, 1917. Sergeant Faddis was commissioned as captain, November 
25, 1917, and assigned to the 47th Infantry, at Charlotte, N. C. He helped 
organize the 4th Ammunition Train at Camp Greene, N. C. Captain Faddis 
landed in France May 31, 1918, and shortly afterwards joined the French. 
He saw active service from that time on, and was at the front when the 
armistice was signed. 

He was commissioned major, September 21, 1918, and was promoted to 
lieutenant colonel November 13, 1918. He was with the 4th Division which 
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big drives, including Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Argonne. He was 
cited by General Pershing for "extraordinary, meritorious, and conspicuous 
services at Dun-sur-Meuse, France." 

FISH, E. E., entered service May 30, 1918, at Amherst, Mass., and went 
overseas on July 10, 1918. He returned July 6, 1919. He was with the 2nd 
Corps, Artillery Park, France, and was in the following major engagements: 
Aisne-Marne offensive, St. Mihiel offensive, Oise-Aisne oft'ensive, and the 
Argonne oft'ensive. He was discharged July 16, 1919. 

FISHER, ALBERT EARL, enlisted in the Infantry branch of the Army, 
August 27, 1917, and served three months with the 9th Company, 2nd 
Provisional Training Regiment, at Fort Sheridan, 111. On December 14, 1918, 
he was transferred to the Aviation Section, and was stationed at Chandler 
Field, Essington, Pa., on detached duty with the 814th Aero Squadron, where 
he remained until discharged from the service January 31, 1919, as private, 
first class. 

FLUKE, CHARLES SCHWAB, attended the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry, and served 
with the 78th Division, Company M, 309th Regiment. He was later trans- 
ferred to the 11th Division, and served as assistant gas officer in this organ- 
ization. 

FOX, THOMAS, enlisted in the United States Ambulance Corps, and 
served at Camp Hancock, Ga., with Ambulance Company 111, 103rd Sani- 
tary Train. 

FRALEIGH, PHILIP WALDORF, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' 
Reserve Corps as a private on October 22, 1917, was assigned to Company B, 
25th Engineers, and was soon sent overseas. He returned in January, 1918, 
to the United States on account of illness. In May, 1918, he was again 
considered fit for duty and ordered to France. He was still a member of 
Company B, 25th Engineers, but was assigned to detached service with the 
Engineer Purchasing Officer. He was transferred to detached Engineer Pur- 
chasing Office, Paris, November, 1918. He was made sergeant January, 1919, 
with the same detachment, and brigade sergeant major June, 1919. He was 
discharged on July 3, 1919. 

FRAZIER, CLARENCE DONALDSON, enlisted September 19, 1917, 
and was assigned to Battery C, 323rd Field Artillery, in training at Camp 
Sherman, Ohio. He was appointed corporal October 15, and sergeant Decem- 
ber 10, 1917. Fie embarked for France June 10, 1918, arriving in Liverpool, 
Eng., June 28, on a cattle boat making its first trip with a human cargo. He 
arrived in France July 3, and trained at Maure, in Bretegne, and Camp 
Coetquedan. In September, 1918, he was ordered to the St. Mihiel sector 
with the reserve artillery corps, but was rerouted to the Argonne in time 
for the big oft'ensive, September 26. About October 4, 1918, Sergeant Frazier 
received orders to report to the Artillery Officers' School at Saumar. He 
graduated in heavy artillery, 155-mm G. P. F. long-range rifles, and owing 
to the signing of the armistice was again assigned to the 323rd Regiment, 
then permanently assigned to the 32nd Division, located with the Army of 
Occupation, with Headquarters at Rengsdorf, Germany. He was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant April 1, 1919, and reassigned at the request of the 
battery commander to Battery C, 323rd Field Artillery. He left Brest May 



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5, 1919, arrived in New York May 12, and was mustered out of service May 
20, 1919, as second lieutenant, Field Artillery. 

*FREDETTE, FRANKLIN EUGENE, entered the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 15, 1917, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant December 15, 1917, and assigned to Troop F, 
11th U. S. Cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe. Lieutenant Fredette contracted influ- 
enza, which developed into pneumonia, and died at the base hospital. Fort 
Oglethorpe, January 28, 1918. 

GARRETT, GEORGE EVELYN, was a member of the 5th Infantry, 
Maryland National Guard, at the time of the entrance of the United 
States into the war, and served with this organization in Federal service 
until the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Myer, Va., August 
25, 1917, at v^rhich time he was detached from his command and entered this 
camp. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, Officers' Reserve 
Corps, November 27, 1917, and assigned to the 8th Company, 155th Depot 
Brigade, Camp Lee, Va., December 15. On March 14, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to the Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., and assigned 
to the 2nd Company, Main Training Depot, in command of the 14th Recruit 
Company, May 20, 1918. On June 1 he was transferred to the Machine 
Gun Training Camp, and was in command of this organization from December 
1, 1918, to the date of its demobilization, January 15, 1919. On July 15, he was 
commissioned a first lieutenant. Infantry. After Lieutenant Garrett's organ- 
ization was disbanded, he was assigned to Camp Hancock, Ga., as camp 
insurance officer, and when the camp was abandoned March 27, 1919, he was 
ordered to Camp Gordon, Ga., in charge of all records of Camp Hancock. He 
remained in this capacity until his discharge on October 30, 1919. 

GELBACH, LORING LUSK, received the commission of second lieu- 
tenant, Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps, January 24, 1918, transferred to 
the Department of the Inspector General for duty March 1, 1918. He was 
recommissioned July 20, 1918, in the National Army, and was commissioned 
first lieutenant September 12, 1918. He was discharged January 25, 1919, 
at the Headquarters of the Southeastern Department at Charleston, S. C. 

GILPIN, MASON CONRAD, enlisted June 25, 1917, in the 1st Ambu- 
lance Company, Pennsylvania National Guard. He trained at Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., where the Pennsylvania National Guard was drafted into Federal 
service as the 28th Division, at which time the 1st Pennsylvania Ambulance 
Company became Ambulance Company 109. He sailed from the United 
States May 19, 1918. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces 
as litter bearer and first-aid man for infantry. 

He engaged in the battles of the 5th German offensive, July 14-27 ; advance 
on Ourcq and Vesle, July 28-September 7; Meuse-Argonne September 26 to 
October 8; and Thiaucourt sector, October 15 to November 11, 1919. He 
arrived in the United States July 24, 1919. 

GIPPLE, OLIVER BENJAMIN, enlisted as private in the 10th Reserve 
Engineers (Forestry), American Expeditionary Force. 

GLEASON, GEORGE HOMER, was commissioned as captain, Ord- 
nance Department, and stationed at Washington in the design section of the 
Gun Division in charge of the high explosives' branch. He was later pro- 
moted to major, one of the youngest of that rank in the Army, and was in 



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MASON C. GILPIN 




G. H. GLEASON 




G. HAROLD GRABE 




LYMAN D. GRAHAM 




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control of design and construction of powder factory. United States Govern- 
ment Explosives' Plant C, Nitro. 

GOETZ, ALVIN CHARLES, attended the Second Officers' Reserve 
Training Camp, at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant in the Signal Reserve Corps on November 27, 1917. On July 16, 1918, 
he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Air Service, Aircraft Production. 
During his service he directed the inspection of chemical supplies and material 
for the Bureau of Aircraft Production. 

GOURLEY, ROBERT LEE, was attached to the band at section base, 
U. S. Naval Reserve Force, Sewell's Point Barracks, Cape May, N. J. 

GRABE, GUSTAV HAROLD, enlisted June 4, 1917, as a sergeant 
cliauft'eur in the Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps, and was placed in 
active service October 5, 1917, in the Reo Detachment, Quartermaster Corps, 
Camp Lee, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster 
Reserve Officers' Corps, October 2, 1918. He was discharged April 2, 1919. 
After Lieutenant Grabe was commissioned he was made motor transport 
officer of the camp supply office. Camp Lee. 

GRAFFIUS, JOHN LYON, was a private in the 13th Company, Signal 
Corps, 102nd Special Detachment, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

GRAHAM, JOHN ELLIS, received the commission of second lieutenant 
in Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va., and later was instructor in the 
Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. 

GRAHAM, LYMAN DAVIS, entered the United States Navy as lieu- 
tenant, junior grade, in September, 1917, and was first assigned to duty at 
the Naval Training Station, Philadelphia, Pa., as instructor in navigation. 
Upon his request for sea duty, he was assigned to the U. S. S. Rhode Island 
as navigator, and shortly after transferred to the U. S. S. Hisko in the same 
capacity. He was later assigned as navigating officer of the U. S. S. Lake 
AVorth. This was a new ship and was engaged in carrying mines to the 
U. S. Naval Base, Kyle of Loch Alsh, Scotland. 

GRASS, SAMUEL A., served with the United States Army during the 
World War. 

GREENLESS, JOHN, attended the Cornell Ground School, Ithaca, N. Y. 

GREGG, WILLIAM REESE, was engaged in Y. M. C. A. work at Fort 
Monroe, Va. 

HALL, EARL GORMAN, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., was commissioned second lieutenant and 
ordered to Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned to the 154th Depot 
Brigade, 5th Battalion. On August 15, 1918, Lieutenant Hall was transferred 
to the 808th Pioneer Infantry and assigned to Company K. He was promoted 
to first lieutenant December 31, 1917. 

Lieutenant Hall arrived at Brest, France, on September 8, 1918, and was 
ordered to the Argonne front. The 808th was in reserve for two weeks, 
when the entire regiment was assigned to the Chief Engineer, Headquarters 
First Army. Lieutenant Hall's company was placed in charge of the First 
Army Engineer Park, Souhesme-la-Grande (Meuse). About March, 1919, 
Company K was ordered to the American Expeditionary University, Beaune, 



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for road work. After remaining on the road work one month, and another 
month at Brest, Company K sailed for the United States June 12, 1919, 
arrived at Newport News, Va., June 22, and was discharged June 28, 1919. 

*HARBACH, HERBERT MOORE, enlisted in the service in September, 
1917, and was sent to Camp Meade, Md., for training. He was appointed 
sergeant and assigned to Company A, Military Police, Camp Meade, where 
he remained until the spring of 1918, when he was transferred to Niagara 
Falls, N. Y., as an expert chemist in the Chemical Warfare Service. Here 
he was gassed several times. This so weakened his heart and lungs that 
when he contracted influenza it quickly developed into pneumonia, and 
he died in a icw hours at his rooms in Niagara Falls, December 6, 1918. His 
body was romoved to his home at Lebanon, Pa., for burial. 

HARPER, HENRY GARNER, was inducted into service June 20, 1918, 
at Camp Lee, Va. He attended the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training 
School, Camp Taylor, Ky., and received the commission of second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery Corps, October 30, 1918. He was assigned to the 18th and 19th 
Regiments, Field Artillery Reserve Corps, Camp Jackson, S. C, from No- 
vember to January, 1919. Lieutenant Harper was transferred to Camp 
Humphreys, Va., in charge of a detachment of the 19th Regiment, Field 
Artillery, until its discharge on June 21, 1919. 

HARTMAN, NORMAN EARL, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 23, 1917, and was transferred 
to the 4th Training Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant November 27, 1917, at Fort Monroe, 
in the Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to Coast defenses 
of Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock, N. J. On January 11, 1918, he was assigned 
to the 57th Regiment of six-inch heavy artillery, which was a new regiment. 
On January 28, he was assigned to Headquarters' Company, 57th Artillery, 
Coast Artillery Corps, with which regiment he sailed for France May 10, 1918. 

Lieutenant Hartman was transferred to the 43rd Artillery, Coast Artillery 
Corps, a railway artillery regiment, August 12, 1918, and promoted to first 
lieutenant, Coast Artillery, November 9, 1918. He was discharged from the 
Army March 11, 1919, at Camp Eustis, Va., having served nineteen months, 
seven of which were in France. Lieutenant Hartman accepted a commission 
as first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Reserve Corps. 

HARTRANFT, HORACE JACKSON, entered Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, and was assigned to Battery C, 308th Field Artillery. He 
was later transferred to the Central Officers' Training School, Camp Zachary 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he received his commission as second lieu- 
tenant, Field Artillery Corps, and assigned to Battery A, 11th Battalion, Field 
Artillery Replacement Depot. From Camp Taylor he was sent to the School 
of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla. After being graduated from the school with the 36th 
class, he was assigned to Battery A, 5th Regiment, Field Artillery Replace- 
ment Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C. 

HAYS, CLARENCE MARTIN, served as a private in the Medical Corps 
at Evacuation Hospital No. 22, American Expeditionary Forces. 

HEDRICK, GEORGE FRANKLIN, was a private in charge of switch- 
board installation and was located at Edgewood, Md., on what was known 
as Gunpowder Reservation, where the Ordnance Department erected a large 
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G. J. F. HERON 




L. E. HEESH 





B. S. HUMMBL 




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HEMPERLY, THOMAS WOODS, enlisted in Troop C, 1st Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, and was transferred to Battery F, 108th U. S. Field Artillery, 
Camp Hancock, Ga. He was later transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y., for 
transportation overseas, where he was promoted to corporal. He served 
as telephone corporal, and his duties were at an observation post. 

HERON, GORDON JOSEPH FRED, at the time war was declared held 
the rank of second lieutenant, 7th U. S. Cavalry, Regular Army, and was 
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was transferred to Fort Bliss, Tex., 
and promoted to captain. Later he was promoted to major, and assigned to 
the 65th Pioneer Infantry Regiment, at Camp Funston, Kan. He was made 
major, 17th U. S. Cavalry, Douglas, Ariz., and in the spring of 1919 the 17th 
Cavalry was transferred to Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii. 

HERSH, LEWIS EDWARDS, enlisted, October 9, 1917, at AUentown, 
Pa., in the overseas repair section No. 1, Gas Defense Service. He remained 
at Camp Crane, AUentown, Pa., from October 9, 1917, to November 13, and 
sailed from New York, November 14, 1917. He was in camp at Gievres, 
France, from December 13, 1917, to January 26, 1918, when he was transferred 
to Paris, with the French army, to fill gas shells, where he remained from 
January 26, 1918, to April 2, 1918. On April 2, he was transferred to Pont-de- 
Clair (still with the French and in the same work), where he remained until 
August 26, 1918. Made corporal April, 1918. Transferred to Chemical War- 
fare Service August, 1918. 

Corporal Hersh was at Chateaunoux-Mask Salvage Depot, from August 
26 to September 26, 1918, convoying supplies; at Poinson-Beneuvre, Advance 
Gas Depot No. 1, from September 26 to December 2, 1918, checking supplies; 
at Cinon-Casual Camp, from December 2 to December 26, 1919. 

He was ordered to Brest, December 26, and sailed for the United States, 
January 7, 1919. He was at Camp Merritt from January 16 to January 24, 
and was discharged from the service at Camp Dix, N. J., February 3, after 
remaining there from January 24 to the date of discharge. 

HETZNECKER, WILLIAM HENRY, enlisted at Washington Bar- 
racks, D. C, March 12, 1918, as a private in Radio Division, Signal Corps, 
Regular Army. He was transferred to Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., March 22, 

1918. On account of physical disability he was discharged on May 16, 1918. 
He entered the Inspection Department, Signal Corps, May 27, 1918, and 
resigned November 15, 1918. 

HILL, HARVEY THOMAS, was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery, at Camp Taylor, Ky. 

HILLER, MARGARET, served as emergency and information secretary 
at the Hostess House of Camp Sevier, S. C, during 1918 and 1919. In May, 

1919, she was transferred to the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House, 375 Lexington 
Avenue, New York. 

HODGES, RAYMOND CLEAVELAND, was sent to Camp Meade, Md., 
with a draft quota from District 3, Lancaster County, Penna., entering Camp 
November 2, 1917. He was assigned there as a private to Company I, 316th 
Infantry. On November 12, 1917, he was transferred to Headquarters' Com- 
pany, 316th Infantry. He attended Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Camp Meade from January 5 to April 18, 1918. He was appointed sergeant. 
Headquarters' Company, 316th Infantry, February 1, 1918, and transferred 



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to Infantry Replacement Camp, Camp Lee, Va., May 23, 1918. Sergeant 
Hodges was commissioned as second lieutenant, Infantry, June 1, 1918, and 
transferred to Small Arms Firing School, Camp Perry, Ohio, August 20, 1918. 
On September 23, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Cody, New Mexico, and 
assigned to the 388th Infantry, 97th Division. He received his honorable 
discharge November 30, 1918. 

HOEHLER, FRED KENNETH, entered the Army Y. M. C. A. service 
March 1, 1917, and served at Fort Thomas, Ky., Camp Sherman, Ohio, and 
Camp Perry, Ohio, as camp and building secretary, fie enlisted January 1, 
1918, and was appointed to Officers' Training School January 5, 1918. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant and served with the 323rd Field Artillery. 
He was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, and assigned to the 6th Regiment, 
Field Artillery Replacement Depot, where he remained from June 1 to Sep- 
tember 21, 1919. Lieutenant Hoehler was commissioned first lieutenant. Field 
Artillery, September 24, 1919, appointed battery commander and placed in 
charge of physical training and athletics at Yale University Artillery Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps. On January 17, 1919, he was discharged from the 
service and commissioned first lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve Corps. 

HORNER, JOHN McCRACKEN, entered the Y. M. C. A. service and 
sailed for overseas early in the year of 1918. After arriving in France he was 
assigned to the Third Aviation Center. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 
France and was assigned as private to the Motor Transport Corps, which 
was attached to the American Red Cross at Tours, France. 

HORNER, WILLIAM WORTZ, enlisted as a private in the 24th Com- 
pany, 1st Regiment, Ordnance Training Camp, Camp Hancock, Ga. He was 
transferred to Field Artillery, February 6, 1918, and was appointed to the 
Central Field Artillery Officers' Training Camp, Camp Taylor, Ky., from 
which he was commissioned second lieutenant. On September 20, 1918, he 
was assigned to the Headquarters' Company, Field Replacement Depot, Camp 
Taylor, Ky. 

HORST, ARTHUR CARL, entered the service in Company A, 103rd 
Field Signal Battalion, Camp Hancock, Ga. He was commissioned as second 
lieutenant and transferred to Yale University as an instructor in the radio 
school for signal officer candidates. 

HUMMEL, RUSSELL SUTCLIFFE, was appointed sergeant Company 
E, 103rd Engineers, 28th Division, Camp Hancock, Ga., July 22, 1917. He was 
promoted to second lieutenant September 26, 1917, with the same organization 
and was later transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. On April 22, 1918, Lieutenant 
Hummel was promoted to first lieutenant and was sent overseas with Com- 
pany E, 103rd Engineers, April 30, and served with this regiment until the 
end of the war. He participated in these engagements : Marne defensive and 
offensive, July, 1918; Ourcq offensive, August, 1918; Vesle sector, August, 
1918; Oise-Aisne offensive, September, 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive, Sep- 
tember-October, 1918; Thiaucourt sector (Metz), October-November, 1918. 

Lieutenant Hummel was detailed to Paris February 20, 1919, with sixty- 
five men to take charge of building training quarters for American Expedi- 
tionary Force Olympic athletes at Colombes, Seine, north of Paris, and to 
co-operate with French engineers on the construction of Pershing Stadium. 
He was relieved of duty on March 17, to return to the United States with the 



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28th Division, and landed in New York, April 30, 1919. He received his 
discharge May 22, 1919. 

HUTCHINSON, ROBERT M., enlisted in the Army and was sent to 
Camp Meade, Md. 

JAMES, ALVAH HAMILTON, entered the service in Probation Camp, 
U. S. Naval Reserve Force, and was sent to Barrack H, Bay 2, Pelham Park, 
N. Y. He was later relieved from active naval duty to await call for Naval 
Aviation. Some time afterwards he was ordered back to active service and 
was ordered to Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Cambridge, Mass. 

JESTER, HARRY CLAY, enlisted in the Ambulance Section of the 
Medical Reserve Corps, May 16, 1917, and joined Section 529, U. S. Army 
Ambulance Service, at Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., June 9, 1917. He re- 
mained with this unit during its service in Italy and was awarded the Croce al 
Merito di Guerra by the Italian Government. He returned to this country 
and was discharged April 26, 1919. 

JONES, JAMES EDWARD, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., for one month, and was 
transferred to Fort Monroe, Va., where he spent two months. He was 
commissioned captain, and assigned to Fort Hancock, Ga. He acted as 
provost marshall at the camp. 

JONES, SOLOMON PAUL, was drafted from Waukesha, Wis., May 29, 
1918, and assigned to 18th Company, 161st Depot Brigade, Camp Grant, 111. 
On June 6, 1918, he received corporal's warrant, and July 15, 1918, was trans- 
ferred to Company E, 311th Ammunition Train, 86th Division, Camp Grant, 
111. On August 5, 1918, he received sergeant's warrant and trained at Camp 
Mills, L. I., from August 26 to September 24, 1918. Sergeant Jones sailed 
on His Majesty's Steamship Rhesus, September 25, 1918, and landed in Liver- 
pool, England, October 7, 1918. On October 13, 1918, he arrived at Camp 
Hunt, Le Corneau, France, via Winchester, Southampton, Cherbourg, Bor- 
deaux. On December 24, 1918, he left Camp Hunt for his return trip to the 
United States, sailed from Pauillac, France, on U. S. S. Zeelandia, January 
16, 1919, and landed at Newport News, Va., January 29, 1919, and was sent 
to Camp Stuart. He was discharged February 9, 1919. 

KEAGY, ARTHUR DAVID, was appointed corporal and assigned to 
Headquarters' Company, 312th Field Artillery, 79th Division, and ordered 
overseas. He entered the service May 25, 1918, and sailed for France July 
14, 1918. He spent one year overseas. 

KELLER, ROY EDGAR, entered the service as a candidate for commis- 
sion. He was later sent to France and assigned to Company 2, Infantry C. S., 
at La Valbonne, Aisne, France. 

KERN, GEORGE C, after serving in the Coast Artillery Corps, Mary- 
land National Guard, for over a year, was called into active service as first 
sergeant, 1st Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Maryland National Guard, 
July 30, 1917, which was mustered into Federal service on August 5, 1917. 
On January 5, 1918, he was ordered to detached service at Third Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., and commissioned second lieutenant. 
Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, March 27, 1918. He was assigned to duty 



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l.Ul U KELLEIl 




GEORGE C. Krr.N 




LEVI L. T.AMl 




JOHN J. LIGHT 





CAROLINE MacMINN 




ALFEI 11 s M \M T 



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at Fort Hancock, Ga., with the 23rd Company, Coast Artillery Corps, April 
15, 1918. In June, 1918, he was assigned to 2nd Battalion Headquarters, 74th 
Artillery, and became active in the formation of this headquarters detachment 
and Battery C of the battalion. From September to December, 1918, he 
served with the 74th Artillery in the Railway Artillery Reserve in France. He 
was discharged at Fort Totten, N. Y., January 3, 1919. 

KJELLMAN, HARRY ALEXANDER, entered the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was later assigned to 
the 334th Field Artillery and ordered to Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. From 
May 15 to July 15, 1918, he was attached to tlie 2nd Regiment, Field Artillery 
Replacement Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C. On July 15 he was sent to Camp 
Taylor, Ky., and was assigned to the 7th Battalion, Field Artillery Replace- 
ment Depot. 

KNAEFLER, JAMES A., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant, 
Infantry, August 15, 1917. From September 1, 1917, to July 8, 1918, he 
was attached at different times to three different Infantry regiments, 
and stationed at four different camps. He sailed for overseas July 8, 1918. 
Lieutenant Knaefler was attached with Company B, 28th Infantry, First 
Division, from August 1, 1918, to October 8, 1918, in the following engage- 
ments : Sazerais sector, St. Mihiel, Argonne, and Meuse-Argonne. On October 
8, he was wounded at Exermont, Argonne, sent to hospital, and dismissed 
from hospital November 10, 1918. From November 15, 1918, to August 28, 
1919, he was assigned to duty at Central Prisoner War Enclosure No. 1, 
St. Pierre des Corps, as German prisoner exchange officer, and from August 
28, 1919, to October 3, 1919, was on duty with the Bureau of Prisoners of 
War, Gievres and Is-sur-Tille. He was discharged at Paris October 11, 1919. 

KOONS, DANA RODMAN, enlisted as a seaman, second class, in the 
Naval Reserve Force at Newport, R. I., on June 11, 1917, and was called into 
active service on October 20 of that year. He was first stationed at the Naval 
Torpedo Station, Newport, and about three weeks later transferred to Rose 
Island in Newport Harbor. About January 6, 1918, he was again transferred, 
this time to the Reserve Barracks, Cloyne Field, Newport. In April, 1918, 
he was recommended for a commission and took the examinations the same 
month with the result that he was appointed to the Second District Officers' 
Training School, Newport. He was transferred to the school as a cadet on 
May 23, 1918, and on June 1 was appointed a chief boatswain's mate. He 
finished his training at the school in September, 1918, and on October 14, 
1918, received his commission as ensign. Three days later he received orders 
to report back to the school as an instructor, in which capacity he served 
until January 23, 1919, at which time the school ended with the graduation of 
its last class of officers. He received orders to inactive duty on January 29, 
1919. 

KRESSLY, MAURICE ELIAS, entered the Second Training Company, 
Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va., and was commissioned first 
lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, November, 1917. He remained at Fort 
Monroe as an instructor in topography and surveying for a period of seven 
months. Lieutenant Kressly was later promoted to captain. Coast Artillery 
Corps, and assigned to duty as assistant to the Chief of Coast Artillery, 
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KUSCHKE, A. R., was commissioned second lieutenant of Cavalry, June, 

1917, reported to Fort Leavenworth Service School for three months' training 
and assigned to the 21st Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kan. He was promoted to 
first lieutenant August, 1917, and to captain on November, 1917. This regi- 
ment changed to the 79th Field Artillery, and moved to Camp Logan 
Houston, Tex., then to Camp McClellan, Ala. He sailed from Hoboken, 
N. J., in August, 1918. Shortly after arriving in France, he left the 79th 
Regiment and reported to Tours for training as aerial observer. He was 
reassigned to the 99th Aero Squadron, joining the squadron at Belrain, near 
Toul. 

Captain Kuschke returned to the United States June 6, 1919, and assigned 
to the 7th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Tex. 

LAWRENCE, JOHN ORLAND, enlisted in the machine gun troop 
at Boalsburg, Pa., and was appointed sergeant. He entered the First Re- 
serve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and 
was commissioned second lieutenant, Cavalry Officers' Reserve Corps, and 
assigned to Troop A, 16th Cavalry, U. S. Army Machine Gun Troop, and 
ordered to Mercedes, Tex. 

*LAMB, LEVI LORENZO, entered the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
at Fort Snelling, Minn., and on August 15, 1917, was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Infantry Reserve Corps. On August 29, 1917, he reported at 
Hoboken, N. ]., for transportation overseas. Lieutenant Lamb was assigned 
to Company K, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division. He was killed while leading 
his command in action during the allied advance south of Soissons July 18, 

1918. His death was instantaneous. 

Colonel Upton said : "The regiment lost a courageous and gallant officer 
beloved alike by his fellow officers and men. His conduct during battle, as 
in former engagements with his regiment, has been of the highest order and 
an inspiration to all about him." 

LEFFLER, JOHN SAMUEL, was commissioned lieutenant. Coast Ar- 
tillery Corps, and stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. 

LIGHT, J. J., enlisted in the Engineer Reserve Officers' Corps, was 
commissioned captain at the Officers' Training Camp, Camp American Uni- 
versity, Washington, D. C, and while in France served with the 28th Engi- 
neers, 1st Battalion. 

LINCOLN, RAY FRANCIS, was inducted into the service and assigned 
to Company C, 10th Engineers (Forestry). 

LOGAN, NORMAN SCOTT, enlisted in the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 27, 1917, was transferred to 
Fort Monroe, Va., September 18, 1917, and commissioned first lieutenant. 
Coast Artillery Corps, November 27, 1917. He was assigned to the Coast 
Defenses of Long Island Sound. He served at Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y., from 
December 15, 1917, to September 30, 1918, with the following companies: 
29th, 30th, 11th, 1st and 9th. He joined the 49th Artillery, Coast Artillery 
Corps, at Camp Stuart, Va., October 1, 1918. Lieutenant Logan sailed for 
France October 5, 1918, and arrived at Brest October 15, 1918. On October 
29, the 3rd Battalion left for Mars-sur-Allier (Nievre), France, where Lieu- 
tenant Logan was with Battery E. Lieutenant Logan was then attached to 
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the United States December 4, 1918. On December 10, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to assume command of Battery D, at Camblanes (Gironde), France, 
December 10, 1918. The Regiment marched to Bassens (the American docks 
at Bordeaux), January 12, 1919, and worked on the docks until February 16, 
1919, when the troops moved to Genicart, tlie embarkation camp at Bordeaux. 
He sailed March 2, from Bordeaux, arrived in Hoboken, N. J., March 14, 
and received his discharge March 30, 1919. 

LONG, IRVIN ELLSWORTH, after entering the service September 22, 
1917, was assigned to Company B, 29tli Engineers, and sailed for France 
January 31, 1918. He was later appointed corporal. He served with the 
First American Army during the St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse drives. He 
returned from France May 8, 1919, and was discharged from service May 
14, 1919. 

LUERSSEN, GEORGE VANDERGRIFT, entered the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, where he was 
attached to Company 7. He was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry 
Reserve Officers' Corps, at the end of the camp. After leaving the training 
camp he was ordered to Camp Meade, Md., and attached to the 154th Depot 
Brigade. Later he was ordered to Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., and at- 
tached to the 104th Field Signal Battalion. He was then transferred as staff 
officer to Headquarters' Company, 112th Field Artillery, Aviation Section. 
Later he was transferred to the 14th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Bri- 
gade, Camp Lee, Va. He was again transferred, this time to the Ordnance 
Department, and made assistant superintendent of the melting department 
at Watertown Arsenal. He received his discharge February 28, 1919. 

McCONEGHY, JOHN KNOX, was appointed first lieutenant, Veteri- 
nary Corps, and ordered to France. 

McDowell, JOHN NORMAN, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917, was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Infantry, August IS, and assigned to the 315th Infantry, 
79th Division, at Camp Meade, Md., where he reported for duty, August 29, 

1917. On June 30, 1918, he was transferred to the Machine Gun Company, 
315th Infantry. He sailed July 9, and arrived in France July 18, 1918. Lieu- 
tenant McDowell took part in the following engagements : Defensive sector 
First Army area, northwest of Verdun, September 16-26, 1918 ; Argonne 
offensive, Malancourt, Montfaucon, Nantillois, September 26-30; Troyon sec- 
tor, defensive, October 8-28; Meuse-Argonne offensive, Grand Montagne sec- 
tor, October 28 to November 11, 1918. 

Lieutenant McDowell was promoted to first lieutenant November 12, 

1918. He returned to the United States May 30, 1919, and was discharged 
from the service June 5, 1919. 

McWREATH, GUY ALEXANDER, enlisted in the 6th Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course January 29, 1918, held at The Pennsylvania State College, and at 
the end of the six weeks' course was inducted into the service and sent to the 
Ordnance Training School at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. On 
June 8, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and assigned to 
the 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Ordnance Corps. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Ordnance Department, September 13, 1918, and transferred 
to Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J., September 20, 1918. He served in the 
Ordnance Department at Picatinny Arsenal from September 20, 1918, to 
June, 1919. He was discharged at Governor's Island June, 1919. 



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MacMINN, CAROLINE, enlisted in the service, in 1918, and was sent 
as reconstruction aide to Base Hospital, Camp Upton, L. I. She was 
later transferred to General Hospital No. 6, Fort McPherson, Atlanta, 
Ga. Miss MacMinn served as reconstruction aide at General Hospital No. 
42, Spartanburg, S. C. ; General Hospital No. 43, Hampton, Va. ; General 
Hospital No. 6, Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. ; and General Hospital No. 19, 
Oteen, N. C. Miss MacMinn was also volunteer nurse in the influenza 
wards, and mess sergeant assistant in nurses' quarters. 

MANLEY, ALFRED SHARP, entered the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., January 5, 1918. He was made officer 
candidate with the rank of sergeant, April 19, 1918. Sergeant Manley was 
assigned to Battery D, 307th Field Artillery, and spent ten days drilling 
recruits. 

May 1, 1918, he was assigned to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot 
at Camp Jackson, S. C. On June 1, 1918, he was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Lieutenant Manley was ordered to the School of Fire at Fort 
Sill, Okla., July 28, 1918. He was graduated from the School of Fire on 
October 11, and was assigned to the 19th Artillery Brigade, Camp Donniphan, 
Okla. He was first assigned to Battery B, 56th Field Artillery, as motors' 
officer, but shortly afterwards was made regimental reconnaissance officer. 
Lieutenant Manley was discharged from service on December 11, 1918. 

MARSHALL, WILLIAM A., served as a private, with Company D, 
315th Machine Gun Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces. 

MATTER, BRIAN, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., trained from August 23 to November 26, 1917, and 
was commissioned first lieutenant. Infantry Reserve Officers' Corps. He was 
assigned to duty with the 61st Infantry, 6th Division, at Camp Greene, Char- 
lotte, N. C. Upon arrival at this camp he was assigned to Company A. He 
was sent overseas and assigned to the 14th Machine Gun Battalion at the 
classification camp. Lieutenant Matter was promoted to captain and ordered 
back to the United States where he was assigned to Machine Gun Company, 
380th Infantry at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. He was later sent to 
Company C, Convalescent Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

MATTERN, PAUL GUYER, enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Reserve 
Corps, and was sent to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., November 26, 1917. He 
left the United States January 4, 1918, and arrived overseas January 17, 1918. 
He was attached to the 446th Depot Detachment Engineers, from the time 
of his arrival until May, 1918, when he was transferred to the Transportation 
Corps. He was appointed corporal December, 1917; sergeant, first-class, 
January, 1918, and master engineer, junior grade, May, 1918. He served as 
railway transportation officer until he returned to the United States May 31, 
1919, and was discharged as master engineer June 18, 1919. 

MAYS, LOWELL K., was commissioned second lieutenant, and with 
Battery A, 17th Field Artillery, served with the American Expeditionary 
Forces in France. 

MEIKLE, GEORGE CHARLES, enlisted in the Infantry branch of the 
service July 31, 1917. Fie was commissioned second lieutenant, and assigned 
to Company I, 103rd Infantry, 26th Division. He sailed for France the first 
part of January, 1918, and was with the 103rd Infantry until the middle of 



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April, when he was gassed and sent to the hospital. From June to October, 
1918, Lieutenant Meikle was on military police duty, and from October, 1918, 
to January, 1919, was in army transportation service. He was promoted to 
first lieutenant in January, 1919, and was commanding officer of the 869th 
Company, Transportation Corps, from January to July, 1919. He returned to 
the United States July 20, 1919, and was discharged August 4, 1919. 

METZGER, LEROY KAYLOR, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., August, 1917, and was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Field Artillery, November, 1917, and ordered to the 77th 
Division at Camp Upton, N. Y. He was attached to the 304th Field Artillery 
in April, 1918. He was ordered to port of embarkation but was held on 
special duty at Camp Mills, Long Island, inspecting troops prior to embarka- 
tion. Lieutenant Metzger was promoted to captain, Field Artillery, October, 
1918, and was discharged January 17, 1919. 

MEYERS, OLIVER WARREN, enlisted as a private in the 10th Engi- 
neers (Forestry), and sailed for France via New York. While overseas he 
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. 

MICHENER, LOUIS TRINKLE, enlisted in the military service by 
special induction August 1, 1918, and was assigned to the 6th Company, 
Engineer Officers' Training Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., September 18, 
1918. The armistice was signed before he had completed his course, and he 
was discharged November 27, 1918. 

MIKALOFF, JOHN PETER, JR., enlisted as a second-class electrician, 
United States Naval Reserve Force, April 4, 1917, but was not called for 
active duty until March 29, 1918. He trained at Wissahickon Barracks, and 
took the examinations for commission June 17 to 19, 1918. He reported to 
the inspector of engineering materials, Philadelphia, July 6, and was com- 
missioned engineering ensign, August 27, 1918. From July 6, 1918, he was 
stationed at Philadelphia in the Production Division, Bureau of Steam Engi- 
neering. Ensign Mikaloff was released from active duty February 1, 1919. 

MILLER, SAMUEL H., enlisted in the ordnance supply course at The 
Pennsylvania State College. 

MILLER, WILLIAM ROBERT, enlisted in the Ordnance Supply 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College. He was later inducted into the 
service, and stationed at Fort Slocum, Tuckahoe Ordnance Depot, Camp 
Upton, and Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J. He held the rank of sergeant 
of Ordnance, and was discharged February 15, 1919. 

MOFFITT, HAROLD FRED, enlisted in the Medical Corps at the 
West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., was appointed first lieutenant. Medical 
Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to Base Hospital, Camp Devens, 
Mass. He was sent to France with Evacuation Hospital No. 18, leav- 
ing Hoboken, N. J., August 30, 1918, and arrived at Brest September 12, 
1918. The unit moved about in the training areas until October 12, 1918, 
when Lieutenant Moffitt was transferred to Mobile Hospital No. 7, then 
located in the Champagne region back of the Second Division. November 1, 
1918, Lieutenant Moffitt was again ordered to Evacuation Hospital No.8, which 
set up at St. Mihiel where the unit was located when the armistice was signed. 
The unit was then moved up to Briey near Metz, on the 23rd of November, 
functioning there as an evacuation hospital until April 6, 1919. Lieutenant 



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G. C. MBIKLB 




L. K. METZGEH 




JOHN P. MIKALOPP 




A. T. MORISON 





A. HOWARD NBELT 




i^ 



F S PiTTFR^ON 



A. N. MUNHALL 



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Moffitt was detached for duty at Camp Pontenezen, Brest, being assigned to 
the camp surgeon's office doing special inspection work. On June 1, Lieu- 
tenant Moffitt was relieved from duty. He arrived at Newport News, Va., 
on July 5, and was discharged July 10, 1920. 

MORAN, WILLIAM BAILEY, was appointed first lieutenant, Ordnance 
Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to the Construction Section, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

*MORISON, ALFRED THORPE, enlisted August 1, 1918, and received 

his appointment as candidate to the Central Field Artillery Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., September 15, 1918. He was attached 
to the 18th Observation Battery, 7th Battalion. In a short time he was 
advanced to the 20th Training Battery. He was admitted to the Base Hos- 
pital Friday, September 27, seriously ill with Spanish influenza. Pneumonia 
developed and he died October 5, 1918. 

Coloned Carter writes : "He was a faithful and efficient soldier. His 
career was marked by devotion to the proper performance of his duty. His 
death was a loss to the entire service." 

MOYER, ALFRED WENTY, JR., enlisted in the 4th Infantry (Penn- 
sylvania Regiment), National Army. 

MUNHALL, ALFRED NEEB, enlisted in the United States Naval 
Reserve Force, May 15, 1917, as seaman, second class. On August 19, 1917, 
he was transferred to the radio school at Columbia University, and detailed 
at Pelham Bay Training Station as radio instructor, November 1, 1917. He 
was transferred to Naval Aviation and detailed to the Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology at Cambridge, Mass., for ground school work, March 12, 1918. 
He completed the course June 1, and was transferred to Bayshore, N. Y., for 
preliminary training. He was transferred August 10, 1918, to Pensacola, Fla., 
for his advanced training. He was commissioned ensign, U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force, November 6, 1918, and held at Pensacola as an instruction pilot in the 
bombing school. Ensign Munhall was placed on inactive duty February 13, 
1919. 

NEELY, A. HOWARD, enlisted in the 1st Depot Battalion, Signal 
Corps, June 29, 1917. In December, 1917, he arrived in France. He was 
transferred to the Field Artillery Corps, and during January and February, 
1918, was on duty at American Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Chaumont. 
During April, May and June, he attended the Field Artillery School, Samar, 
France, and on July 10, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant, Field 
Artillery. He was assigned to Battery A, 102nd Field Artillery, 26th Division. 
Lieutenant Neely participated in the following battles : Champagne-Marne 
defensive, Chateau Thierry, July 15-18, 1918; Aisne-Marne offensive, July 
18-29, 1918; St. Mihiel offensive, September 12-13, 1918; Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, 1918. 

Lieutenant Neely was gassed July 29, 1918, north of Chateau Thierry, 
and was evacuated to Base Hospital No. 31, Nantes, for three weeks. In 
October, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant. On October 24, north 
of Verdun, on the Meuse river, he was wounded in the head by a high 
explosive shell, and sent to Base Hospital No. 88. On January 29, 1919, 
he was invalided to the United States, to General Hospital No. 1, New York 
City. He was discharged from the service on August 20, 1919. 

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PARK, JOHN FRANK, JR., enlisted in Base Hospital Unit No. 10 of 
Philadelphia, as a private, on May 7, 1917. He sailed May 19 on the S. S. 
St. Paul, for Liverpool, England, arriving there on May 27, and proceeded to 
Blackpool, for training for two weeks. The unit sailed for Le Havre, June 7. 
Park remained with Base No. 10 until October, 1917, and transferred on 
October 19, to the 12th Engineers (Railway). He was promoted to corporal in 
February, 1918, and recommended for provisional second lieutenant. Engi- 
neers Corps. 

On June 27, 1918, Corporal Park was selected second out of sixteen 
applicants to attend schools for commissions. He was ordered to attend the 
Saumur Artillery School and graduated October 1, with the commission of 
second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, and ordered to attend the Heavy 
Artillery School at Angers. The course ended November 8, and Lieutenant 
Park was ordered to the 54th Replacement Battalion. He was then ordered 
to the 60th Coast Artillery Corps and assigned to Battery A. This Corps 
left for Brest December 27, 1918, and spent a month there before receiving 
orders to sail on board S. S. Cedric January 26, 1919. They landed at 
New York, February 4, were discharged March 4, 1919. 

^PATTERSON, FRANCIS STUART, enlisted in the Sheridan Troop, 
1st Penns3'lvania Cavalr}^ National Guard, at Tyrone, Pa., March, 1916. 
He served on the Mexican border at El Paso, Tex., from July, 1916, to 
January, 1917. In May, 1917, he made application for the training camp at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., was accepted, and in August of that year was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant. Reserve Ofi&cers' Training Corps, and assigned to 
Company F, 313th Infantry, known as "Baltimore's Own," at Camp Meade, 
Md. In January, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant, in the same 
regiment, and in that capacity sailed for France, July, 1918. 

Lieutenant Patterson was killed in action on September 26, 1918, in the 
battle of Montfaucon, on the first day of the Argonne drive. At the time of 
his death he was acting battalion adjutant to Major Benjamin Pepper, having 
been detached from Company F. He was temporarily buried in the American 
cemetery on the road between Avoncourt and Malincourt, and in April, 1919, 
was removed to the American cemetery at Romagne, France. 

PEIFLY, SYDNEY ALBERT, was drafted into the service and sent 
to the Ordnance Training School at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. 
He was later transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he was assigned to 
the 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Ordnance. He was discharged from the 
service at Camp Meade, Md. 

POND, GILBERT PALMER, entered the Medical Enlisted Reserve 
Corps of the United States Army January 3, 1918. He was held on the 
reserve list until he could finish his medical training. He remained on 
inactive duty in the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps until November 8, 1918, 
when he was inducted into the Students' Army Training Corps, Company L, 
2nd Battalion, University of Chicago, of which Rush Medical College was a 
part. Pie was discharged December 12, 1918. 

RAMSEY, PAUL, enlisted in the United States Navy and was assigned 
as paymaster at Charleston, S. C, in December, 1918, and was later trans- 
ferred to Boston, Mass. He was commissioned as ensign, and again trans- 
ferred to the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. 



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RANKIN, ROBERT ELMER, enlisted in the service and was sent to 
Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to Company B, 320th Lifantry, 80th 
Division, September 6, 1917. He was appointed corporal November 7, 1917, 
and sergeant May 4, 1918. He sailed for France from Newport News, Va., 
with the 320th Infantry, May 18, 1918, and arrived at St. Nazaire May 30. 
He spent two months with the British Army in the Arras region. Most of 
his time in France was spent in the various schools. He left the schools and 
rejoined the 30th Infantry. Sergeant Rankin took part in the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive in October, 1918. On October 19 he was ordered to an Officers' 
Training School and was commissioned second lieutenant on April 18, 1919. 
He sailed from Brest May 20, and landed in Hoboken, N. J., May 30, 1919. 
Lieutenant Rankin was discharged from the service at Camp Sherman, Ohio, 
June 22, 1919. 

REINERT, GEORGE LLOYD, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was assigned to Company 12. 

REYNOLDS, FRANKLIN PIERCE, JR., enlisted June 2, 1917, as pri- 
vate, first class, and was assigned to the 2nd Reserve Aero Squadron. Here 
he learned to fly hydro-aeroplanes. He was assigned to the 45th Aero Squad- 
ron at Essington and was sent with this squadron to Gerstner Field, Lake 
Charles, La. There he passed all the reserve military aeronautic tests on 
land planes, and acted as test pilot. He was also acting supply sergeant of 
his squadron. He was transferred to the 253rd Service Aero Squadron on 
March 1, 1918, and was sent to Garden City, N. Y., with this squadron, then 
to Commack, N. Y., and finally to Henry J. Damm Field, Babylon, N. Y., 
where he was stationed for about three months participating in regular daily 
flights, including instruction, cross country work, etc. He ranked as sergeant, 
first class, enlisted aviator. On October 10th he was sent to Field Artillery 
Central Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was 
discharged from the service November 30, 1918. 

RICKEY, JAMES WILLIAM, enlisted in the Ordnance Corps and was 
sent to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y. He was ordered overseas in 
November, 1917, as ordnance sergeant. He was stationed at Nevers, France, 
for two months, and was then transferred to Intermediate Ordnance Depot, 
No. 2, Gievres, as transportation sergeant. In April, 1918, he was sent to 
Organization and Training Centre, No. 1, Lebourne, in charge repair shops. 
In June he was sent to Organization and Training Centre No. 3 at Clemont- 
Ferrand, to open the ordnance repair shops and operate them. In August 
he was transferred to the French Army and sent to Paris, in charge of thirty 
men doing experimental work in conjunction with the French. In February, 
1919, he was transferred to Intermediate Ordnance Depot No. 3, Mehum, to 
supervise "caterpillar" repairs. In March he was transferred to the School 
Detachment at Montpellier, for study at the University of Montpellier. In 
July he was ordered to the United States and discharged August 1, 1919. 

RIESER, CHARLES LEINBACH, enlisted June, 1917, and was sent to 
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., where he was appointed master engineer 
and assigned to the Headquarters' Company, 112th Engineers. 

ROBERTS, HENRY HEUITT, enlisted July 19, 1917, as apprentice 
seaman studying radio, and was assigned to the 10th Regiment, Signal School 
Naval Training Station at Newport, R. I. 



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r. p. EEIXOLDS, JR. 




H. H. ROBERTS 




FREDERICK W. ROTH 




DONALD E. SCnOCII 





AMCIh P. SNAVELY 




PEANCIS E. THOMAS 



HARRY s. s:\nTn 



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ROSS, EVERETT STERLING, was drafted into the service and as- 
signed to the vocational detachment at The Pennsylvania State College, 
October 15, 1918. He was mustered out of the service in December, 1918. 

ROTH, FREDERICK WILLIAM, entered the Reserve Oi=ficers, Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Myer, Va., and was assigned to Company 11. He was 
commissioned first lieutenant in August, 1917, and sailed for France in Sep- 
tember, 1917, with Company K, Eighteenth Infantry. Lieutenant Roth was 
wounded on July 18, 1918. A shell exploded at his left, and his left foot 
was hit on the outside. He could limp quite well so he "carried on" to 
the second objective, about three miles beyond No Man's Land. From here 
Lieutenant Roth was sent back to the first-aid station and from there to 
American Red Cross Hospital No. 42, and then to Red Cross Hospital No. 23. 
,After several weeks he was again able to return to his company. After 
six months in Germany Lieutenant Roth returned to New York June 2, 1919, 
and was discharged eight days later. He received one citation. 

SCHEPPACH, MAXIMILIAN ANDREW, entered the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Field Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps, and ordered to 
Camp Dix, N. J. He was later transferred to Camp Hancock and assigned to 
the 107th Regiment, Field Artillery, Headquarters' Company. On May 10, 
1918, he left Camp Hancock, Ga., with the 107th Field Artillery for Camp 
Mills, N. Y. He sailed from New York May 19, 1918, and went via South- 
ampton to Le Havre, France, arriving there June 3. From June 10 to August 
9, he was stationed at Camp DeMeucon, near Vannes, France, attending the 
brigade artillery school. 

From August 14 to September 8, Lieutenant Scheppach was on the front 
at Fismes, and from September 26 to October 10, in Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive. The 53rd Artillery Brigade, of which the 107th Field Artillery was a 
part, was then transferred from the 28th Division to the 91st Division, which 
was sent to Belgium as part of the Army of Liberation of Belgium. Lieu- 
tenant Scheppach took part in the Ypres-Lys offensive from October 30 to 
November 11, 1918. He left St. Nazaire, for New York on April 29, 1919, 
and arrived in New York May 9. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., May 
21, 1919. 

SCHOCH, DONALD EMMONS, enlisted in Akron, Ohio, in the Chemi- 
cal Warfare Service, and worked on gas masks for the British Government. 
He finally succeeded in getting transferred to a Gas Officers' Training 
Camp in his branch of the service at Long Island, N. Y., in October, 
1918. Training at this camp had just about been completed when the armis- 
tice was signed, and the camp was broken up. He was discharged in 
December, 1918, with the rank of sergeant. 

SCHULTZ, LLOYD HIRNER, enlisted in the United States Naval 
Aviation Section and was ordered to the Naval Training Aviation Sta- 
tion at Charleston, S. C. He was later transferred to the Naval Quarter- 
masters' School at Hampton Roads, Va., and thence to the Air Station at 
that point. He qualified as expert aircraft machine gunner. 

SHARP, RALPH ELLIS, on November 1, 1917, entered the service and 
was assigned to Battery F, 310th Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Meade, Md. 
He remained with that organization until May 15, 1918, when he was sent 
to the Fourth Officers' Training Camp, 79th Division, at Camp Meade, Md. 



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With the concentration of all field artillery training schools into the Central 
Officers' Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., he was 
sent to this camp on June 29, 1918, to complete his course. He graduated 
August 17, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery Corps, 
and held at Camp Taylor as an instructor. After the armistice was signed 
he continued at this camp until December 14, 1918, when he was mustered 
out of the service. 

SHOOP, RUE MILLER, after his enlistment October 16, 1917, was as- 
signed to Company E, 303rd Infantry, and later transferred to the 21st Com- 
pany, 6th Battalion, Depot Brigade, at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. In April, 
1918, he was sent on detached service to attend the Enlisted Specialists' 
Department, Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. At the completion of 
the electrical course he was given the rating of electrician sergeant, first class, 
and assigned to duty as engineer in the main power plant on the Government 
reservation at Fort Monroe. He was engaged in this capacity until he re- 
ceived his honorable discharge January 18, 1919, at Camp Upton, N. Y. 

SIDES, WINFIELD MICHAEL, was located in Porto Rico at the Uni- 
versity of Porto Rico, Mayaguez, R. R. On February 1, 1918, he volunteered 
for military service and was assigned to Company A, 2nd Porto Rico Officers' 
Training Camp, San Juan, Porto Rico. On completion of the training course, 
May 27, 1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Infantry, and imme- 
diately assigned to Company B, 373rd Infantr}^ Camp Las Cases, Porto 
Rico. Soon after receiving his commission Lieutenant Sides sailed for the 
United States on leave of absence and was a passenger on the ill-fated S. S. 
Carolina of the New York and Porto Rico Line, when it was shelled by 
gun-fire and later sunk, June 2, 1918, off the Jersey coast. A coasting schooner 
picked them up. 

On his return to Porto Rico, he was reassigned to Company E, 373rd 
Infantry, with which organization he remained until his discharge, December 
9, 1918, at Camp Las Casas, San Juan, Porto Rico. 

SIEGLER, EUGENE ALFRED, enlisted and was sent to the 6th Train- 
ing Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va., where he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps, Novem- 
ber 29, 1918, and was discharged on the same date. 

SITTMAN, CHARLES BROWN, entered the military service, March 
17, 1918, as a private, was assigned to Company C, 33rd Engineers, stationed 
at Fort Slocum, N. Y. This organization was sent to France June 30, 1918, 
and while overseas was engaged in general construction work. He returned 
with the 33rd to the United States July 12, 1919, as first class private. 

SMITH, BENJAMIN FRANCIS, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va. He was later transferred to Ambulance 
Unit No. 109, 28th Division, and stationed at Camp Hancock, Ga. He was 
appointed sergeant and sailed overseas with this unit. 

SMITH, DEFOREST ADELBERT, enlisted in the service as a truck 
driver June 4, 1917. He was called into active service September 10, 1917, and 
left Governor's Island, N. Y., about November 15, 1917. He arrived in France 
where he was assigned to Motor Truck Train No. 402, Company 308. 

SMITH, HARRY SYLVANUS, enlisted and was sent to Camp Lee, 
Va., where he entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was com- 



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missioned second lieutenant, Infantry. He was sent to France in charge of a 
replacement company and afterwards assigned to Company I, 9th United 
States Infantry, 2nd Division. 

For six days Lieutenant Smith was in command of Company I, 9th 
Regiment, in the attack made by the 2nd Division on the last stronghold 
of the Hindenburg line, during the Argonne-Meuse offensive. 

The division was highly commended in special orders published by 
Major General C. P. Summerall, in command of the 5th Army Corps, and 
by Major General John A. Lejeune, division commander. 

The United States Official Bulletin of the Army and Navy Departments, 
March 8, 1919, contained the announcement that Lieutenant Harry S. Smith, 
of Company L, 9th United States Infantry, had been awarded the Distin- 
guished Service Cross, for extraordinary heroism. The following is a copy 
of the official citation : 

"Second Lieutenant Harry S. Smith, 9th Infantry. For extraordinary 
heroism in action near Tuilerie farm, France, November 3, 1918. Lieutenant 
Smith led the advance elements of his regiment during an advance of 8 kilo- 
meters through the German lines, and, with extraordinary skill and courage 
reduced several enemy strong points. In addition he captured 50 prisoners 
and a large amount of material." 

Besides the above engagements Lieutenant Smith took part in the fol- 
lowing battles: St. Mihiel offensive, September 12-16, 1918; Champagne offen- 
sive, under the French 4th Army, October 2-10, 1918; and Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, November 1-11, 1918. 

SNAVELY, A. BOWMAN, enlisted in the First Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on May 9, 1917. On June 15, 1917, he was transferred 
to Coast Artillery Officers' Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., and on 
August 15, 1917, received the commission of second lieutenant, Coast Artillery 
Corps. On August 29, Lieutenant Snavely was assigned to Fort Dupont, 
Coast Defenses of the Delaware, and was stationed there until August 13, 
1918. While at Fort Dupont, he was on company duty as post exchange 
officer, and later assigned to 36th Artillery Brigade Headquarters for service 
with the American Expeditionary Forces. He left Fort Dupont for Camp 
Merritt, N. J., sailed from Hoboken on August 22, 1918, on the Sobral, and 
landed at Brest, France. The 36th Artillery went in training at Libourne, 
near Bordeaux. Lieutenant Snavely completed the radio officers' course at 
Libourne and was sent to the 7th French Army Headquarters at Lure, for 
army artillery instruction course, when the armistice was signed. He re- 
mained at Libourne until February 1, 1919, when he was sent to debarkation 
camp at Bordeaux and from there to Marseilles. On February 10, he sailed 
for America and landed at New York on March 3, was sent to Camp Mills 
for several days and from there to Fort Totten, N. Y. Lieutenant Snavely was 
mustered out of service on March 27, 1919. 

SNODGRASS, HENRY W., entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 15, 1917, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery Corps, August 15, 1917, and assigned to the 310th 
Field Artillery. He was attached to the Air Service for training May 1, 
1918, and on September 14, 1918, was rated as aerial observer. He was with 
the American Expeditionary Force from October 1, 1918, to July 5, 1919. 
He received his discharge July 24, 1919. 

SPANGLER, JAMES IVAN, enlisted in the service and was stationed 
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SPAULDING, JAMES BRAGG, enlisted in Machine Gun Company D, 
36th Battalion, 12th Division, and was stationed at Camp Devens, Mass. 

SPROWLS, IRWIN NELSON, enlisted at Scranton in the Ordnance 
Department and was sent to the Third Ordnance Course given at The Penn- 
sylvania State College. After the completion of the course he received notice 
to report to the non-commissioned officers' school at Rock Island Arsenal, 
Rock Island, 111., October 29, 1917. He remained training there until De- 
cember 10, 1917, receiving recommendation as sergeant of ordnance, and 
ordered to report to Headquarters Ordnance Department, port of embark- 
ation Newport News, Va., for duty. He arrived there December 16, 1917, 
and received his warrant as a sergeant a few weeks later. He was assigned 
to open storage work, in getting trucks, tractors, and field artillery equipment 
ready for shipment to France. On May 8, 1918, he was ordered to detached 
service at the Army Base, Quartermaster Terminal, Norfolk, Va., and was on 
duty there till discharged, April 9, 1918. On November 17, 1918, he was pro- 
moted to the rank of ordnance sergeant, and was later transferred to the 
Quartermaster Department with the rank of quartermaster sergeant, which 
rank he held until the time of discharge. 

STEWART, DAVID HENRY, enlisted in military service in December, 
1917, and was sent to Fort Winfield Scott, where he was stationed as corporal 
until he went overseas in June, 1918. He participated in the St. Mihiel and 
Argonne-Meuse engagements. He received his discharge on August 1, 1919. 

STEWART, WILLIAM ROBERT, enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps, 
Regular Army, in December, 1916, was commissioned second lieutenant, and 
stationed at Quarters 100 A-2, Fort Monroe, Va. He was later promoted to 
captain. Coast Artillery Corps. He was overseas August, 1918, to August, 
1919. 

STECKER, HARRY MARSHALL, entered the Third Reserve Officers' 
Training School and was sent overseas, where he was assigned to the Saumur 
Artillery School, for training. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery Corps, unassigned. He served with the 21st Field Artillery after 
completing the artillery information course at Heavy Artillery School, Angers. 

STEIN, DONALD BENCHLER, was commissioned second lieutenant, 
assigned to the 333rd Heavy Field Artillery, and sent overseas. 

STETLER, RAYMOND BLIEM, started his military career in October, 
1917, in the Ordnance Supply Course at The Pennsylvania State College. At 
the end of the six-weeks' course at State College he was sent to the Rock 
Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. After six or eight weeks there, he spent 
six weeks at Camp Jackson, S. C, and four weeks at Camp Hancock, 
Ga. Two weeks before he left for Camp Mills, which was his embarkation 
camp, he was given the duties of a corporal. After being in France for five 
months he was made a sergeant, and two months later he was placed on 
detached duty. After the armistice was signed he was assigned as 4th Corps 
Munitions' Officer, Ordnance Detachment, and stationed at Coblenz, Germany. 

STRECKER, WALTER HERMAN, enlisted in the Infantry branch of 
the Army and was sent to the Infantry Reserve Officers' Training School 
at Camp Lee, Va. 

STROHECKER, HERMAN ADAM, was drafted and entered the service 
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15, 1917, he was a member of Company K, 316th Infantry, 79th Division, as 
corporal. From November 15, 1917, to May 23, 1919, he was a member of 
the Utilities Detachment, Quartermaster Corps, and was appointed quarter- 
master sergeant, senior grade, in charge of the water filtration plant at Camp 
Meade, Md. 

THACHER, CYRUS HAROLD, was commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to the Engineer Officers' Training Camp at Camp American 
University, Washington, D. C. He was transferred to the 510th Service 
Battalion at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. 

THOMAS, FRANCIS ELLIOTT, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 

Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was assigned to the 3rd Battery, 
Field Artillery. He was commissioned second lieutenant and was assigned 
to the 3rd Field Artillery, Fort Meyer, Va. The 3rd Field Artillery was 
transferred to Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., where Lieutenant Thomas 
was assigned to Battery E. Battery E was detailed to the Third Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and Lieutenant Thomas was an 
assistant instructor in equitation until April, 1918. At that time the 3rd Field 
Artillery was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., for overseas' training and sailed for 
France in July, 1918, completing training at the Valdahon Artillery School. 
In December, 1918, Lieutenant Thomas was transferred to the 53rd Field 
Artillery Brigade, and returned to the United States with that organization 
in May, 1919. He now holds a commission in the Reserve Field Artillery 
Corps. 

THOMPSON, LAUREN, applied for a commission in the Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps in January, 1917, and was given the commission of 
first lieutenant. He was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for training, August 
1, 1917, and transferred to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, in November, 
1917, where he was assigned to 313th Engineers. He Avas transferred to port 
of embarkation in January, 1918, and went overseas January 28, 1918, sailing 
from New York on S. S. Tuscania. The Tuscania Avas torpedoed ofif the Irish 
Coast February 5, and the survivors landed at Buncrana, Ireland. After 
arrival in France, they were assigned to Compan}^ Q, and later to Company 
E, 30th Engineers, which regiment later became 1st Gas Regiment and took 
part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse, and Argonne Oft'ensive operations. Lieutenant 
Thompson returned to the United States and was mustered out of service 
April, 1919. 

THORN, GODFREY RICHARDS, enlisted with Company G, 103rd 
Engineers, and in June, 1917, was sent to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. He 
was later transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service and stationed at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., until the end of hostilities. 

TRUMPER, MAX, enlisted October 2, 1917, at Washington Barracks, 
Washington, D. C, Ordnance Department. He was assigned to Inspection 
Section, Equipment Division. On November 1, 1917, he was promoted to 
sergeant of ordnance, and on December 1, 1917, transferred to Nitrate Di- 
vision, Ordnance Department. He was promoted January 15, 1918, to ser- 
geant, first class ordnance. On February 1, 1918, he was assigned as aide to 
Colonel J. W. Joyes, Chief of all Nitrate Plants. On May 8, 1918, he was 
transferred to Sheffield, Ala., United States Nitrate Plant No. 1. Sergeant 
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WAUGAMAN, A. R., in October, 1918, was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant, Company C, 37th Engineers, and served with this unit in France. 

WEAVER, WAYNE WESLEY, enlisted in the First Officers' Reserve 
Corps Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 15, 1917, and was assigned 
to the 3rd Battery. One month later he was one of the fifty accepted for the 
Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe, Va., where he was sent in June, 1917. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve 
Corps, on August 15. He was assigned August 29, to the commanding officer. 
Coast Defenses of the Delaware at Fort Dupont, Del. On December 19, 1917, 
Lieutenant Weaver was assigned to the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, Bat- 
tery A. On April 23, 1918, he sailed from Newport News on the S. S. Sibony 
and landed in Brest on May 6, 1918, and was sent to Bibourne outside of 
Bordeaux. On May 19, 1918, he was sent to the Tractor Artillery School, at 
Vincennes, just outside of Paris, and graduated from that school June 24, 
returning to his battery at Libourne. 

On July 19, the 60th Regiment moved to Camp de Siouze, just outside 
of Bordeaux, and began training in artillery firing. On September 7, 1918, 
the 60th entrained for the front, having 155-mm G. P. F's, arrived at Toul 
September 10, and went into position near Mamey in the St. Mihiel sector, 
taking active part in the St. Mihiel drive of September 12. On September 
15, the regiment was withdrawn from the line and proceeded by convoy 
to a position in the Argonne-Meuse sector, near Bertrame, in the Meuse, 
where it took part in the ofifensive of September 26. 

On September 21 Lieutenant Weaver was promoted to first lieutenant, 
Coast Artillery Corps. He was gun commander and on constant duty at the 
guns during their service at the front. The 60th occupied positions on the 
Meuse-Argonne sector as follows : Varennes, September 28 to October 12 ; 
Fleville, October 12 to November 1 ; Imecourt, November 2-3 ; Buzancy, No- 
vember 3-6; between Buzancy and Beaumont November 6-8; Beaumont, 
Ardennes, November 8-11. He was directly behind the marines the day the 
armistice was signed, and was able to fire on the Sedan-Montmedy railroad, 
one of the main arteries of the Germans. The regiment was then moved to 
Thilleaux in the 14th Training Area near Bar-le-Duc. 

On December 27, 1918, the 60th entrained for Brest, arriving there on 
December 30. On January 26, 1919, the 60th sailed on the Cedric, and 
arrived in New York February 4, 1919. Lieutenant Weaver was discharged 
at Fort Howard, Md., March 4, 1919. 

Lieutenant Weaver was recommended for a captaincy but the armistice 
was signed, and he therefore never received the promotion. On April 24, 1919, 
he was appointed first lieutenant. Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps, 
but declined the appointment. 

WEISHAMPEL, JOHN ADDISON, upon his graduation from the 
United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., Lieutenant ^Veishampel 
was assigned to the machine gun company, 16th Infantry. He landed in 
France with the First Division, Regular Army, June 24, 1917. He was pro- 
moted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in June, 1917. He first saw 
service in the French town of Bathlemont, near Luneville, November, 1917. 
This was where the Huns first raided American troops. Lieutenant Weis- 
hampel was made captain of the machine gun company, 16th Infantry, in 
May, 1918, and took active part in the Noyon sector until July, 1918, when 
he was with Company G, 16th Infantry, at Soissons. On July 18, 1918, Major 
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of battalion. He was wounded in the leg by a machine-gun bullet on July 21, 

1918, was sent to the hospital, and in November, 1918, joined the 6th Infantry. 
He was with the Army of Occupation from November 11, 1918, until July 4, 

1919. He returned to the United States on July 22, 1919, and was on duty 
with the 6th Infantry, 5th Division, Camp Gordon, Ga., until he resigned his 
commission as captain, October 22, 1919. 

Captain Weishampel participated in these campaigns: Montdidier-Noyen 
defensive, Champagne-Marne defensive, Marne-Aisne offensive, and Meuse- 
Argonne offensive. 

WELTY, DANIEL E., enlisted as secretary in the International Young 
Men's Christian Association and was sent to India where he served with the 
British troops. He was with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force in May, 
1917, and with the Combat Division for ten months. He joined the American 
Y. M. C. A., in Vladivostok, Siberia, on November 7, 1918, and was attached 
to the 27th Infantry, U. S. A. On July 8, 1919, he sailed for the United 
States, and arrived August 4. 

WHETSTONE, WALTER WARREN, volunteered to do Y. M. C. A. 

work with the British forces in Mesopotamia, East Africa or India, May, 1916. 
He was accepted in June, 1916, and sailed from New York July 8, l9l6, via 
Bordeaux, Marseilles, Malta, Suez, Aden and Bombay, and disembarked 
August 11, 1916, at Bombay. He spent three weeks training in Bangalore, 
South India. He was detailed to Deolali, Bombay Presidency, September 1, 
1916. On March 1, 1917, he was detailed to Calcutta. He built the Y. M. C. A. 
at Maidan, where he served for nineteen months. On October 15, 1918, he 
left Calcutta, via the Pacific ocean, Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shang- 
hai, Nagasaki, and Kobe, and disembarked at San Francisco December 3, 1918. 
He was discharged in New York, and awarded the overseas' service bar and 
certificate of service. 

WHITE, GEORGE DEWITT, JR., enlisted May 2, 1917, in the Medical 
Department, Regular Army, and sailed for France July, 1917, with the First 
Division. He returned to the United States September, 1918, with shell-shock 
patients, and toured the South in the interest of the Fourth Liberty Loan. 
He returned to France, November, 1918, until February, 1919, and was dis- 
charged March, 1919. He was sergeant, first class. 

WILLIAMS, GEORGE HOWE, after spending several months in 
France in the American Field Ambulance Service, returned to the United 
States. He soon volunteered in the military service, was assigned to the 
305th Sanitary Train, 317th Ambulance Corps, and sailed for France May 23, 
1918. 

WILSON, ALBERT JAMES, entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 25, 1917, was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery Corps, and assigned to the 78th Field Artillery, 6th 
Division, November 27, 1917. From December, 1917, to April, 1918, he was 
stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., and from April to July, 1918, at 
Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla., with Headquarters' Company, 78th Field 
Artillery. From July, 1918, to July, 1919, Lieutenant Wilson was with the 
American Expeditionary Force in France as regimental liasion officer, 78th 
Field Artillery. He was in the ]\Ieuse-Argonne offensive from November 1 
to II, 1918, and commanded Headquarters' Company of the same regiment 
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to September, 1919, he was personnel adjutant, 78tli Field Artillery. Lieu- 
tenant Wilson received his discharge at Camp Dix, N. J., October 3, 1919. 

WILSON, CLARENCE ELY, enlisted July 5, 1917, in the Signal En- 
listed Reserve Corps, and was called into active service September 10, 1917. 
He sailed for France October 13, 1917. He was assigned to the Research 
and Inspection Division, Signal Corps, and was appointed sergeant. He 
served five months in Paris in this division and was then assigned to advance 
supply depot at Is-sur-Tille, where he served over a year. While on duty at 
this point he was appointed sergeant, first class. He was transferred to 
Antwerp, Belgium, in the spring of 1919 and then to Gievres, intermediate 
supply depot. He returned to the United States in the fall of 1919, and was 
discharged September 30, 1919. 

WILSON, WALTER REILLY, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. At the close of the Camp he was 
ordered to Company H, 316th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. 

WINSLOW, DANIEL EARL, enlisted in the service at Essington, Pa., 
September 15, 1917, and was sent to the United States School of Military 
Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., for ground school training, from October 6 
to December 10, 1917. He was transferred to Love Field, Dallas, Tex., 
December 14, 1917, where he remained until April 7, 1918. His flying train- 
ing was in standard and Curtis planes. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, reserve military aviator, on March 28, 1918. From April 8 to May 9, 
1918, he was stationed at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex. Lieutenant Winslow 
sailed for France via New York, Liverpool, London, Southampton, LeHavre 
and Paris, May 9 to June 9, 1918. He was sent to Casual Offlcers' Camp, 
Blois, France, where he remained from June 10 to 25, 1918. He was at the 
3rd Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun, from June 25 to October 29, 1918, 
training on Nieuports, Camels, Spads, etc., to qualify as a pursuit pilot, and 
at the Aerial Gunnery School, St. Jean de Monts, until November 15, 1918, 
and with the 41st Aero Squadron, 5th Pursuit Group, Second Army, from 
November 19 until December 13, 1918, as a pursuit pilot at Lay St. Remy 
and Ourches. He was en route to the United States via Issoudun, Angers, 
and St. Nazaire, and on U. S. S. Merouke to New York from December 15, 
1918, to February 20, 1919. He was discharged at Garden City, L. I., February 
24, 1919. 

WINTERSTEIN, JACOB ASHTON, entered the military service May 
28, 1918. He trained at Camp Meade, Md., and sailed from Philadelphia, Pa., 
July 14, 1918. He arrived at Liverpool, England, July 31, and at Cherbourg, 
France, August 5. On August 13, 1918, he was made corporal, and attached 
to Battery F, 310th Field Artillery, 79th Division. Leaving La Courtine on 
November 13, 1918, the regiment moved up to Villotte, near St. Mihiel, on 
January 4, 1919. At this time the 310th scattered in various towns, Battery F 
being located at Baudremont, near St. Mihiel. Corporal Winterstein sailed 
from St. Nazaire, France, on May 13, 1919, and arrived at Hoboken, N. J., 
May 26. He received his discharge at Camp Dix, N. J., June 2, 1919. 

WOLFE, SHUEY EARL, was commissioned second lieutenant, Novem- 
ber 30, 1916, and ordered to duty at Fort Monroe, Va. May, 1917, he was 
ordered to Fort Worden, Wash., and assigned to duty as commanding officer 
of the 1st Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Puget Sound. He was com- 
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11, 1917. While in command the company performed the regular post duties 
with 12-inch seacoast guns until August 1, 1917, when it was ordered to 
Camp Lewis, Wash., for guard duty during the construction of the canton- 
ments. He returned to the Coast Defenses of Puget Sound November 1, 
1917, and resumed regular garrison duty. 

On March 1, 1918, Lieutenant Wolfe was relieved of command of the 
1st Company and ordered to the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Okla. He gradu- 
ated from the school in May, 1918, and was assigned to command the Head- 
quarters Company, 69th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, then organizing at 
Fort \\'orden, Wash. The regiment was ready for overseas July 1, 1918, and 
ordered to Camp Mills, N. Y., on July 21, 1918. It sailed for overseas August 
15, and landed in England August 31, 1918. He was promoted to major 
October 26, 1918, ordered to the 34th Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery 
Corps. He reported for duty with this unit and was assigned to command the 
3rd Battalion. Just before the regiment sailed for home, J\lajor Wolfe was 
relieved for continued service with the American Expeditionary Forces. He 
was assistant instructor inspector of the Casual Officers' Depot, at Blois, 
France, from December 31, 1918, to February 15, 1919, when the camp was 
closed. He was ordered to Brest where he was assistant camp billeting 
officer, at Camp Pontanezen, until June 1, 1919, when he was relieved and 
ordered to the United States. Major ^^'olfe arrived in the United States 
and was assigned to Fort Howard, Md., as fort commander. He was ap- 
pointed coast defense quartermaster in October, 1919, and coast defense 
commander of the Coast Defenses of Baltimore, December, 1919. 

YARN, WALTER SARVER, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., was commissioned first lieutenant, and 
assigned to the 81st Field Artillery, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The regiment was 
ordered to Camp Freemont, Cal., where it trained until June 30, 1918, at which 
time it was ordered to proceed to Fort Sill, Okla., for final brigade training. 

After over three months of intensive training the 81st brigaded with the 
83rd Field Artillery, and the 2nd Field Artillery, embarked for Brest, France, 
on November 1, 1918. After spending three months in France, part of the time 
at Brest and the rest of the time billeted at Ploermel, the 91st returned to 
the United States on January 18, 1919. Lieutenant Yahn was discharged 
April 12, 1919, at Camp Knox, Ky. 

ZELLER, ROBERT ALLEN, entered the service September 27, 1917, 
at Baker, Oregon, and reported at Camp Lewis, Wash., for duty. He was 
assigned as a private to the 166th Depot Brigade, upon his arrival at Camp 
Lewis. He trained until November 5, 1917, and was then sent to Camp 
Mills, L. I., where he joined the 161st Infantry, 41st Division. He trained 
at Camp Mills until December 12, at which time his division sailed from 
Hoboken, N. J. He arrived in Brest, France, December 27, 1917. 

Company E, of which he was a member, was sent to Vanvey, Depart- 
ment of Cote D'Or, and spent about a month in a French forest logging 
camp. His company was sent to Is-sur-tille about February 7, 1918, where 
he was made a corporal. He was transferred to Headquarters' Company, 
161st Infantry, in March, 1918, and as a member of that organization helped 
in the construction of the large advance depot at Is-sur-Tille, until about 
May 15, 1918. 

Private Zeller attended the Army School at Gondrecourt during July 
and August. He was made sergeant and returned to his outfit at St. Aignan, 
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the 37-mm gun until the armistice was signed. His regiment took up quarters 
in Pont Levoy, Department of Loir-et-Chu, on September 15, and remained 
there until the middle of January, 1919. On February 7, the 161st Infantry 
embarked at Brest for the United States, and arrived at Newport News, Va., 
February 22, 1919. Sergeant Zeller spent about two weeks at Camp Morri- 
son, Va., and was then sent to Camp Dix, N. J., where he received his dis- 
charge on March 1, 1919. 

ZIESENHEIM, JOSEPH ROSSITER, enlisted as private in infantry 
at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., on August 26, 
1917, and received honorable discharge from the same at his own request 
on September 25, 1917. On September 26, 1917, he enlisted as private, first 
class (cadet), in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, and 
reported to United States School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J-, on 
October 13, 1917. He was graduated on December 8, 1917, and was ordered 
to report to Love Field, Dallas, Tex., arriving there December 21. He re- 
ceived pilots training and was commissioned second lieutenant. Air Service, 
on March 22, 1918. He was ordered to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., on March 
31, 1918. He remained at Camp Dick until Ajjril 10, and was then ordered to 
Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., where he reported on April 16. He received 
training as bombing pilot, finishing the course on August 16, 1918, and was 
thereupon made an instructor in night flying. About the first of November, 
he was made assistant officer in charge of primary night flying, and remained 
in this capacity until the date of his discharge, February 28, 1919. 

^ZIMMERMAN, JAMES GILLAND, enlisted in the military service 
September 5, 1918. He was immediately sent to the Central Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he Avas as- 
signed to the 14th Battery, Field Artillery. He contracted influenza and was 
taken to Base Hospital, Camp Taylor, where he died October 17, 1918, having 
developed pneumonia. His body was returned to Duncannon, Pa., for burial. 

1916 

ADAMS, JAMES WESLEY, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He was commissioned first lieutenant, 
assigned to the 51st Infantry, and later ordered overseas. 

ALBERT, ROBERT RAYMOND, enlisted in the Ordnance Department 
February 1, 1918, and was sent to ^^'atertown Arsenal, \\'atertown, N. Y. 
On August 12, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and stationed 
at Cape Henry, Va. He was later assigned to the Ordnance Detachment at 
the Sand Desert Proving Ground, Va. 

ALOE, MYRON, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was transferred to the First Provisional Training 
Squadron at Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., as a flying cadet. 

AMAN, HERBERT LINCOLN, enlisted in the Aviation Section, United 
States Army, at Essington, Pa., July 2, 1917, and was sent to the ground 
school at Austin, Tex., from which he graduated September 1, 1917. He 
sailed from New York September 25, to be trained with the Royal Flying 
Corps, but his orders crossed, and he was sent to France, and from there 
to the American Flying School, Foggia, Italy. His preliminary training was 



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on the Forman, but his advance training was done on the Caproni, and a 
smaller and faster bomber called the S. I. A. 

ASHMAN, HOWARD NELSON, enlisted March 28, 1918, in the United 
States Naval Reserve Force, and reported April 3, 1918, for training at 
Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J. He entered the Officers' Training 
School at the University of Pennsylvania in June, 1918, and was commissioned 
in October, with the rank of ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force. He 
served two months on the submarine patrol boat, No. 2646, U. S. S. Avenger. 
He then served at Section Base, Cape May, N. J., until March 4, 1919, at 
which time he was relieved from active duty, with the rank of ensign. 

AUSTIN, LYMAN REID, on November 2, 1917, was sent to Camp 
Meade, Md., from Harrisburg, Pa., and was assigned to Company B, 316th 
Infantry, 79th Division, until July, 1918. During that time he was promoted 
to corporal, and then to sergeant, and was battalion instructor of English at 
Camp Meade. He was transferred to the 304th Ammunition Train, 79th 
Division, as^ a private and sailed for France on July 14, 1918. Sergeant 
Austin studied ammunition at Foecy, France. He took part in the Meuse- 
Argonne defensive. He was attached to the 304th Engineers, 79th Division, 
until the armistice was signed. He was moved up into territory occupied 
by the (jiermans as far as Ecurey, France, and moved back to Soiley, France, 
December 26, 1918. On May 16, 1919, he sailed from France, arrived at 
Philadelphia, June 1, and was discharged at Camp Lee, Va., June 10, 1919. 
Sergeant Austin was a member of 304th Ammunition Train football and 
basketball teams. He traveled with the regimental show troop in France. 

AYRES, VINCENT LEONARD, was commissioned second lieutenant 
Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to Company 2-A, Engineer 
Officers' Training School, Barracks 5, at Camp Humphreys, Va. He had 
previously spent two months in the Medical Detachment Base Hospital, 
Camp Meade, ]\Id. 

BAAB, JOSEPH FREDERICK, was drafted and sent to Camp Lee, Va., 
on June 27, 1918, where he was transferred to the Central Officers' Training 
Camp, on August 15, 1918. 

BAER, WILLIAM WHITAKER, enlisted in the United States Naval 
Reserve Force at New York City, as seaman, first class. After three months' 
training at Bridgeport, Conn., he took an examination for the commission of 
ensign. He was commissioned ensign in the LTnited States Navy, and sta- 
tioned at the Submarine Base and School, New London, Conn., for five 
months. In July, 1918, Ensign Baer started for the Philippines, and stopped 
at Japan and China for a while on the way, reaching Manila the last of Sep- 
tember, 1918. He was promoted to lieutenant. Junior grade, assigned as 
commanding officer of the U. S. S. B-2, stationed at Cavite, P. I. 

BACON, LOUIS ST. JOHN, entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was discharged on account of physical dis- 
ability (eyes). He enlisted in the ambulance service at Allentown, Pa., on 
Tune 20, 1917, and from there was transferred to the 312th Machine Gun 
Battalion, 79th Division, Camp J\Ieade, Md., March 15, 1918. On July 7, 1918, 
he sailed for France and was made corporal after landing. He was promoted 
to sergeant November 16, after acting in that capacity for six weeks. Sergeant 
Bacon participated in the following engagements : Sector 304, September 



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HOWARD E. BAUGHMAN 




H. C. P.AUMGARTNER 




HERBERT S. BEAN 





JOUN F BONNER 




VINCENT S. BOEDER 



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13-25, 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive (Montfaucon), September 26-30; 
Troyon sector, October 6-26, and Montagne, October 28 to November 11. 
After the armistice was signed, Sergeant Bacon became a member of the 
battalion minstrel troupe, and appeared in shows before almost every outfit 
on the front lines. Sergeant Bacon arrived in the United States May 17, 1919, 
and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., June 7. 

BALLOU, F. R., enlisted in Scranton, Pa., April 28, 1917. He at- 
tended the Reserve Officers' Training School at Madison Barracks, New 
York, was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry. He was assigned 
to the 78th Division, Camp Dix, N. J., and after being stationed there for a 
period of two weeks, was transferred to the 28th Division at Augusta, Ga., 
September 8, 1917. On December 21, 1917, he was transferred from Augusta 
to the 81st Division, which was stationed at Camp Jackson, S. C. At this 
time, he was assigned to take command of a colored company that was made 
up of negroes from South Carolina and Georgia. On August 18, 1918, he was 
promoted to first lieutenant. The 28th Division was transferred to Camp 
Sevier, S. C, September 18, 1918. 

BARNDOLLAR, MARTIN DUNLAP, JR., entered the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, and on August 15, 1917, was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps. 

BATES, PHILIP REUBEN, entered the 5th Casual Company, 2nd Pro- 
visional Regiment, Ordnance Officers' Training Camp, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

BAUGHMAN, HO'WARD ELS'WORTH, enlisted in the Aviation Serv- 
ice January IS, 1918, and was called to active duty June 1, 1918. He was sent 
to the Ohio State University as a cadet, and completed his three months' 
ground school work August 28, 1918. He was sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, 
Tex., where he remained from September 4 to 29. After completing a six 
weeks' course at the School of Fire, Fort Sill, he was commissioned second 
lieutenant in the Air Service November 8, 1918. He was sent to Post Field, 
Fort Sill, Okla., just three days before the armistice was signed. Lieutenant 
Baughman was discharged from service at Post Field December 11, 1918. 

BEAN, HERBERT SOUDER, entered the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant in Nevember, 1917. He was assigned to the 336th Field Artillery in 
December, 1917. He was rated as an aerial observer in July, 1918, and was 
assigned to the 12th Aero Squadron in September, 1918. Lieutenant Bean 
was wounded in October, 1918, near the Grand Pre in the Argonne Forest. 

BAUMGARTNER, HARRY CHARLES, enlisted in Troop A, 1st Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, July 28, 1917. They were mobilized at Camp Hancock, Ga., 
September 12, 1917. When the cavalry was disbanded, Baumgartner was 
transferred to the 108th Field Artillery, Headquarters' Company, 28th Di- 
vision, December 2, 1917, and was appointed corporal December 12, 1917. 
The 108th Field Artillery sailed from Hoboken, N. J., April 30, 1918, and 
landed at St. Nazaire May 13, 1918. He attended the telephone school at 
Besoncon until Jvme 20, when he joined his regiment at Camp Mencon, 
lannes. Corporal Baumgartner served at two positions in the Chateau Thierry 
sector; the Vesle river and Aisne river sectors, August 15 to September 6, 
1918. The Argonne Forest, Oise river, September 26 to October 16, 1918, 
and the Ypres-Lys river sector, Belgium, October 26 to November 11, 1918. 



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He left Belgium for Laval, France, January 5, and for Le Mans March 30, 
and for St. Nazaire April 20, 1919. He sailed from St. Nazaire April 30, and 
landed in Philadelphia May 16. He was discharged from Camp Dix, N. J., 
May 25, 1919. 

BEATOR, ORLANDO U., was located at the training camp of the 
University of Pittsburgh Detachment, United States Army, as instructor 
in motor mechanics. He entered upon his duties at this camp on Oc- 
tober 15, 1918, and was acting sergeant, unassigned. Headquarters' Com- 
pany. In November he passed the examination for the Aviation Officers' 
Training School, Kelly Field, Tex., but before he was able to enter camp the 
armistice was signed. He received his discharge December 11, 1918. 

BENELISHA, WALLACE PRESTON, entered the service in Sep- 
tember, 1917, and was immediately sent to Camp Meade, Md. For two 
months he was a member of the 16th Training Depot Brigade. On account 
of his previous military experience, he was made drill instructor. He was 
next transferred to the base hospital at Camp Hancock, Ga., where he served 
as wardmaster. He was later made mess sergeant of the nurses' mess hall. 

BERGER, CHARLES EDWARD, enlisted in the U. S. Cavalry May 1, 
1917, and was assigned to duty with the 17th U. S. Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Tex. 
From May 1, 1917, until June 24, 1918, he did duty along various points of 
the border, chiefly in Arizona. He was transferred from the 17th Cavalry, 
June 24, to Explosives Section, of the Chemical Warfare Service, at the 
American University, Washington, D. C. On July 24, he was sent to Camp 
Humphreys, Va., to the Chemical Warfare Service, and went overseas in a 
gas and flame casual company, August 3, 1918. In France he was transferred 
to the Chemical Warfare Service Laboratory in Paris, and then to London, 
England, on the same duty. After the armistice was signed he was sent to 
the University of Paris and came from there to the United States. He was 
discharged as a casual July 23, 1919. He held the rank of corporal in 
cavalry, and sergeant in Chemical W^arfare Service. 

BIBLE, CLYDE McCORMICK, entered the service October 11, 1917, 
as the first enlisted man in the Division of Food and Nutrition, Medical 
Department. He joined the nutritional survey parties of that division, which 
travelled from camp to camp Avorking on food problems. He received the 
commission of second lieutenant Sanitary Corps, and acted as nutrition ofificer 
in different camps. At one time he was nutrition officer for the flying camps 
on Long Island. He was discharged December 21, 1918. 

^BISHOP, MILTON LAFAYETTE, joined Company D, 110th Regi- 
ment (Infantry), at Connellsville, Pa., June 17, 1911, and was discharged 
July 16, 1914. He enlisted in Company D, 110th Infantry, July 17, 1917, and 
was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., September 7, 1917. He trained in this 
country until May 1, 1918, when he embarked for France. He was killed 
July 30, 1918, by the explosion of an enemy shell at division headquarters. 
While at Camp Hancock he was instructor in French, and was made divisional 
bomb instructor of the 28th Division. While in France he was billeting 
ofificer, and then liaison sergeant at division headquarters. He was killed 
when the headquarters were blown up by a German shell. Colonel Martin 
said that Sergeant Bishop had been recommended for a lieutenancy and had 
he lived he would have been commissioned soon. The Connellsville American 
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BLACK, HENRY MARIS, was graduated from the United States Mili- 
tary Academy, West Point, N. Y., August 30, 1917, as second lieutenant. 
Coast Artillery Corps, and was assigned to the 2nd Company, Coast Defenses 
of Puget Sound, Fort Worden, Wash. He was later promoted to captain. 

BLASS, GORDON GEORGE, took the examinations at the Portsmouth 
Navy Yard for ensign, Pay Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, from May 31 
to June 8, 1917. He was called to active duty October 1, 1917, and assigned 
to the Navy Pay Officers' School at Washington, D. C. On December 6, 

1917, he reported to the commandant at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and 
was assigned to duty as assistant to supply officer. Naval Aircraft Factory, 
where he remained for the duration of the war. Ensign Blass was relieved 
from active duty March 21, 1919. 

BOGERT, MERLE WILLIAM, was commissioned second lieutenant, 
United States Air Service, and later was sent overseas. 

BONNER, JOHN FRANKLIN, enlisted in the service and entered the 
Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., 
August 23, 1917. He was commissioned first lieutenant, Infantry, November 
27, 1917, and assigned to the 78th Division at Camp Dix, N. J. On February 
19, 1918, he was assigned to the 153rd Depot Brigade, as assistant to mustering 
officer, and on May 17, 1918, he was transferred to special duty with Camp 
Quartermaster, as farm officer, and on August 5, 1918, was transferred to the 
Quartermaster's Corps in the same capacity. Lieutenant Bonner was dis- 
charged from Camp Dix, N. J., August 9, 1919, and recommissioned first 
lieutenant, Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps, October 24, 1919. 

BORDER, VINCENT SUMNER, enlisted in the service at Canaan, 
Conn., May 24, 1918, and arrived at Camp Upton, N. Y., May 25, 1918. He 
left Hoboken, N. J., July 19, 1918, on the transport Regina D'ltalia, as a 
private in the 49th Infantry, United States Regulars, and arrived without 
accident at Brest, July 30, 1918. He recuperated for a week at the Pontanezan 
barracks, and trained for five weeks in the Le Mans area. He served in the 
personnel group of the classification camp at Le Mans from September 15, 

1918, to January 1, 1919. He helped to billet the homeward-bound troops in 
the La Ferta area from January 1 to March 4, 1919. He was operated on for 
appendicitis at Camp Hospital No. 52, Le Mans, March 4, returned to the 
United States and discharged from the service at Staten Island, N. Y., June 
24, 1919. 

BOWES, HARVEY RICHARD, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force at AVissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J., in 1917. Early in the year 
of 1918, he was transferred to the Naval Aviation Section and sent to the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for ground school 
training. He was commissioned ensign and stationed at the U. S. Naval Air 
Station at Norfolk, Va. After the armistice was signed he was transferred 
to the U. S. Naval Air Station at San Diego, Cal. 

BOWMAN, JOHN MILTON, enlisted in the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 8, 1917, and while there volun- 
teered for the Air Service. He went to the ground school at Ithaca, N. Y., 
July 15, 1917, and was sent to France for advanced training in October, 1917. 
He was trained by the French at Chateauroux and received his pilot's license 
in March, 1918, and commissioned first lieutenant. Aviation Section. He 
was stationed at Tours from July, 1918, to October, 1918. 



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BOYD, JOHN ROGERS, was inducted into the Infantry branch of the 
service and was assigned as private to Company K, 314th Regiment, 79th 
Division, and ordered to Camp Meade, Md. He was at Camp Meade for 
just forty days before tlie regiment sailed for overseas. He was two months 
in the French training area, before going into action. He participated in the 
battles of Meuse-Argonne, including Montfaucon. When firing ceased on 
November 11, they were east of the Meuse. He was sent to the Toul flying 
field liaison in February, 1919. In March he entered the American Expedi- 
tionary Force University at Beaune. He returned to the United States and 
Avas discharged from the service May 30, 1919, as private, first class, after 368 
days in the service. 

BRENISER, CLARENCE SIEBER, was sent to Camp Lee, Va., August 
29, 1918, and from there was transferred to the Central Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., October 25, 1918. 
He was attached to the 4th Observation Battery. 

BROWN, CHARLES GIBSON, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., was commissioned second lieutenant, 
assigned to the 19th U. S. Engineers, and later ordered overseas. 

BROWN, DONALD McKENZIE, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force at the beginning of the war with Germany. He was commissioned 
ensign and stationed at Boston, Mass. Later he was transferred to Wash- 
ington, D. C, on Special service with the Naval Communications' Depart- 
ment. At the beginning of 1918 he was transferred to Submarine Chaser 
No. 1 as executive officer, and crossed with the "chaser fleet," spending the 
remainder of the period of active hostilities in patrol and convoy work in 
European waters, with bases at Queenstown, Ireland, and Plymouth, England. 

BUCHER, HAROLD F., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Meyer, Va., May 9, 1917, and shortly afterward received the 
commission of second lieutenant. Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps. After 
a period of training at Fort Meyer, Va., Belvoir, Va., and American Univer- 
sity, Washington, D. C, he was attached to the 305th Engineers, Camp Lee, 
Va. On September 7, 1917, he was assigned to the 2nd Engineers, 2nd 
Division, and sailed immediately for France. Upon arrival at the 2nd Di- 
vision Headquarters, Lieutenant Bucher was ordered to the First Corps 
Schools at Gondrecourt, where he received instruction in the pioneer and 
sapper courses. About December 31 he returned to his own unit. Company 
B, 2nd Engineers. While with the 2nd Engineers Lieutenant Bucher served 
as battalion gas officer and instructor, supply officer, bayonet instructor, and 
instructor in tactical problems. Up to January 20, the 2nd Division was in 
engagements on the following fronts : Toul, Luneville, Cantigny, Mondidier, 
Soissons, Chateau Thierry, and Verdun. 

On June 1, 1918, the 2nd Division entered the Chateau Thierry sector. 
On June 2 the division entered the line in the vicinity of Lucy and Thoilet 
Ferm, later occupying the front line in Belleau Woods with the 4th Brigade 
(Marines). The 2nd received its first citation and participated in the capture 
of Vaux. At this front Lieutenant Bucher received a wound from a shell 
incapacitating him for twelve days. 

On July 18, Lieutenant Bucher received orders to return to the United 
States and was promoted to first lieutenant. Lieutenant Bucher was for a 
period of one month instructor at Camp Humphreys, and in command of 
Company D, 3rd Engineers Training Regiment. He was then placed in 



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F. M. CLECKNER 




WILLIAM H. COLEGROVE 



CHARLES N. CLAYTON 



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command of Company D, 544th Engineers, and sent overseas. On October 6 
Lieutenant Bucher and his command arrived at St. Nazaire and were rushed 
to the Argonne sector in the vicinity of Dun-Sur-Meuse. At this point Lieu- 
tenant Bucher was assigned to the First Army Corps repairing bridges and 
roads, and was promoted to captain. 

On July 10, 1919, Captain Bucher sailed with his organization from St. 
Nazaire, arrived at Hoboken, N. J., July 18, and received his discharge on 
August 18, 1919. 

BURDICK, SAMUEL LEE, entered the service July 30, 1917, at Fort 
Slocum, N. Y. He transferred to the Aviation Section and was sent to Kelly 
Field, San Antonio, Texas, where he was made a member of the 56th Aero 
Construction Squadron, and appointed sergeant, first class. Later he was 
transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y., where his squadron became part of the 
Rainbow contingent, and sailed overseas. He was appointed master signal 
electrician of his squadron, and was transferred as master signal electrician 
to the 468th Aero Squadron, Air Service unit, with assignment to the draft- 
ing department. 

BURGER, EMMETT EARL, entered the service as a private in Com- 
pany F, 37th Engineers. He was attached to the First Army from July to 
November, 1918, and attached to the Third Army from November, 1918, to 
March, 1919. He served in Meuse-Argonne offensive September 26 to No- 
vember 11, 1918, and in Army of Occupation, November 26, 1918, to January 
9, 1919. He left the United States on June 30, 1918, and returned oii March 
20, 1919. 

BURNS, VINCENT GODFREY, enlisted at Camp Dix, N. J., January 
5, 1918, as an officer candidate at the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp. 
He graduated, was made a sergeant, and assigned to the 307th Field Artiller3^ 
Battery B. On May 1, he was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C. On June 1 
he was commissioned second lieutenant and sent overseas to attend Saumur 
Artillery School. He graduated September 30, and was sent to Clermont- 
Ferrand to join the 162nd Field Artillery Brigade. On October 7 he was made 
aide to Brigadier General Foote, and detailed as operations' officer with duty 
as balloon observer and military sketcher. After the armistice he was sent 
into Germany, and saw a great deal of the destroyed territory along the 
battle-front. Lieutenant Burns sailed from Bordeaux on January 6, 1919, 
and arrived in New York on the 19th of January. He served seven months 
at the port of embarkation in Hoboken, N. J., and was discharged at Camp 
Mills on the 19th of August, 1919. 

CAREY, CHARLES DICKSON, enlisted January 29, 1918, and took the 
six weeks course at the Ordnance School, at State College, Pa. He was 
then sent to Rock Island Arsenal for a six weeks' advanced course, and was 
transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., in May, 1918, where he was made an 
instructor in the Ordnance Supply School. He was promoted to sergeant 
of ordnance June 7, and then promoted to ordnance sergeant, July 20. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant August 21, 1918, and sailed for France August 
31, with the 2nd Company, 5th Provisional Ordnance Depot Battalion. Lieu- 
tenant Carey landed at Glasgow, Scotland, September 13, and arrived in 
France September 18. His first assignment in France was at Tours, in the 
Personnel Office, Headquarters, Service of Supply. He was transferred in 
October to the Advance Ordnance Depot No. 4 at Jonchery. He was trans- 
ferred in April, 1919, to the American Expeditionary Force University, Agri- 



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cultural School, for duty as instructor of horticulture. He sailed for the 
United States June 30 and landed in Hoboken, N. J., July 5, and was dis- 
charged July 29, 1919. 

CHAPIN, ALFRED EUGENE, enlisted in the service and was sent 
to France with the Quartermaster Corps. 

CLAYTON, CHARLES NEEL, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., in May, 1917, and was transferred to 
the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. In 
November, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry, and as- 
signed to duty with the 156th Depot Brigade, Camp Jackson, S. C. He was 
transferred to Camp Wadsworth, S. C, in January, 1918, and assigned to 
Company L, 52nd Pioneer Infantry. He left for France in August, 1918, 
where he served with Company L until the armistice. After the armistice 
he was stationed at the Bordeaux embarkation camp, from which he was 
placed on detached service at the University of Bordeaux in March, 1919. He 
left France in July, 1919, and was discharged August 16, 1919. 

CLECKNER, FREDERICK MARTIN, entered the service by voluntary 
induction as civil engineer in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, U. S. Army, 
April 17. 1918. He reported to Waco, Tex., April 20, 1918, and was sent 
to the Signal Corps School of Meteorology at Texas Agricultural and Me- 
chanical College, College Station, Tex., May 25, 1918. In August, 1918, he 
was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J. He sailed from the United States August 
31, and landed at Brest, France, September 8. He was then sent to the gas 
school at Le Mans, and from there to Colombey les Belles. He reported at 
the headquarters, Meteorological Section, September 23, 1918, and was trans- 
ferred to the Meteorological Station, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center at 
Tours, October 1. Cleckner was recalled to headquarters, November 3, and 
upon the signing of the armistice, was attached to the 309th Field Signal 
Battalion. About the end of February, 1919, the outfit moved to Cubzac 
les Pouts, near Bordeaux, in which town they were billeted until April 15, 
1919. He arrived in New York, May 1, 1919, aboard the Mallory, was sent 
to Camp Mills, L. I., and thence to Camp Dix, N. J., where he received his 
discharge May 14, 1919. 

COLBUS, HIMAN HENRY, enlisted in New Haven, Conn., July 15, 

1917. He reported for the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., August 25, 1917. After eleven weeks in the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, and although recommended for commission as first lieutenant, 
he was transferred in a civilian capacity to the Bureau of Aircraft Production 
as supervisor of materials on the liberty engine crankshaft. He was released 
from service December 15, 1918. 

COLEGROVE, WILLIAM HOWARD, entered the Naval Aviation 
branch of the service February 21, 1918, and was sent to the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for ground school training. At 
the end of the training course of August 16, 1918, he was transferred to the 
Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla., transferred to Miami, Fla., September 28, 

1918, and transferred to Pensacola, Fla., November 1, 1918. He was placed 
on inactive duty February 13, 1919, and commissioned ensign. United States 
Naval Reserve Flying Corps. 

COMLY, HUTCHINSON SMITH, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N .Y., on August 15, 1917, was commissioned 



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second lieutenant, Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps, and sent with the 54th 
Depot Brigade to Camp McClellan, Ala. In January, 1918, he was ordered to 
Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to the 155th Depot Brigade, and com- 
missioned first lieutenant. Infantry, in June, 1918. He was discharged from 
the service in January, 1919. 

COONER, JOHN DARRAH, enlisted in Company A, 30th Engineers 
Gas and Flame Regiment, and was sent to Camp American University, 
Washington, D. C. He sailed for France December 26, 1917. This regiment 
brigaded with the British January 22, 1918. Cooner was wounded in action 
April 9, 1918, La Basse sector, France, and returned to the United States as a 
casual September 8, 1918. He received his discharge from the United States 
General Hospital No. 3, Railway, N. J., December 19, 1918, and was discharged 
from the army January 2, 1919, at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. 

CONKLIN, HOWARD LUSK, enlisted in the United States Navy and 
was assigned to the Army Transport Service in June, 1917. He was on his 
first trip overseas when his ship, the Finland, was torpedoed. Later the 
American Transport Service operated only supply ships, and it was on one 
of those that Conklin made his last ten trips across before June 19, 1919, when 
he was transferred to one of the new turbine oil-burner ships of the emergency 
fleet, as second engineer. 

CRAIGHEAD, EUGENE MILLER, enlisted in the Naval Hospital 
Chelsea, Mass., for duties in bacteriological and chemical work. He spent 
ten months at this hospital, and was then transferred to Bumkin Island, 
Mass., as instructor in military science. In November, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to the Wakefield Rifle Range. After passing the examination for the 
Ensign School, he was discharged December 27, 1918. 

CRAVEN, ANDREW RALPH, enlisted May 12, 1917, and was sent to 
the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., where he was 
placed in Company 9. He was made first sergeant, sent to Camp Grant, 111., 
and then returned to Fort Sheridan to the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp on September 18, 1917. He was made instructor in topography and 
commissioned first lieutenant, Infantry, November 27, 1917. He was then 
assigned to Company L, 336th Infantry, 84th Division, Camp Tajdor, Louis- 
ville, Ky. On March 5, 1918, he was transferred to the Sweeny Atito School, 
Kansas City, Mo., and placed in charge of Companies 7 and 8. He was trans- 
ferred on September 10 to Columbia, Mo., as inspector of the Students' Army 
Training Corps. Lieutenant Craven traveled through the ]\Iiddle West in- 
stalling training camps at dififerent colleges. He was promoted to captain. 
Infantry, October 6, 1918. and transferred to Kansas City, Mo., as inspector 
of District 9, Students' Army Training Corps, of the Middle West. On March 
1, 1919, Captain Craven was transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and 
discharged March 26. 

CRESSMAN, CHARLES STREEPER, entered the Third Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., January 5, 1918, and was assigned 
to Battalion 307, Field Artillery. On May 5 he was detached and sent to 
Camp Jackson, being assigned to the Field Artillerjr Reserve Detachment. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, June 1, sailed from 
Hoboken, N. J., on June 21, and landed at Brest, France, June 30. After 
graduating from the Sauniur Artillerj' School and the Gien Tractor Artillery 
School, Lieutenant Cressman was assigned to the 127th Field Artillery, 



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LEO K EICK 




T. L. EXTWISI.B 





F. R. FEIST 




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American Expeditionary Force, at Chermond-Ferrand, October 10, 1918. He 
sailed from Bordeaux on December 25, 1918, landed at Newport News, Va., 
in January, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, January 22, 1919. 

CRESSMAN, GEORGE RIGHTER, enlisted Engineers Officers' Reserve 
Corps at Frankford Arsenal, Frankford, Pa., March 1, 1918. He pursued a 
six-weeks' ordnance stores' course at the University of Pennsylvania, and was 
then transferred to Camp Hancock, Md., in April, 1918, where he spent six 
weeks at the Ordnance Training School. He was transferred in June, 1918, 
to 101st Ordnance Depot Company, Camp Meade, Md., was transferred in 
October, 1918, to Ordnance Officers' Training Camp, at Aberdeen Proving 
Grounds, Aberdeen, Md., and was discharged December 17, 1918. 

CRUMBAUGH, HARRY WILLIAM, was in the United States Air 
Service in France. 

*CUMMINGS, BRINTON SMITH, enlisted in the Marine Corps De- 
cember 15, 1917, leaving Philadelphia the same day for training at Paris 
Island, S. C. After three months' training he was selected for the Officers' 
Training School and sent to Ouantico, Va. Then came the call for replace- 
ments for the Marine Corps overseas, and he sailed March 13, 1918, with the 
139th Replacement Battalion, reaching France two weeks later, and becoming 
one of the 74th Company, 6th Regiment, 2nd Division. He was with the 
marines at the front during the battles of Chateau Thierry, Belleau Woods, 
Soisson and St. Mihiel. He was killed in action October 5, 1918, in the 
Champagne drive, and was buried October 12, near Somme Py, Champagne 
sector. Later he was removed to the commune of St. Etienne a Arnes Ceme- 
tery, Ardennes, France. During his service he was promoted to sergeant. 
Sergeant Cummings was made a member of the Legion of Honor and awarded 
the Croix de Guerre. 

CURRY, WILLIAM, enlisted in the Regular Army Signal Corps and 
was transferred to Aviation Section, San Antonio, Texas. He was then sent 
to Austin, Texas, as a cadet for ground school training. Upon graduation 
he was sent to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for flying instruction, where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to duty as instructor. Lieu- 
tenant Curry was injured in an airplane accident while instructing in the 
pursuit school. He was discharged in January, 1919. 

*DAVENPORT, CHARLES JUNKIN, applied for admission to the 
Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp and was recommended by Major 
Baylies among the quota to be admitted from The Pennsylvania State College, 
but failed to pass the examination for admission, being seven pounds under 
weight. In February, 1918, he applied at the U. S. Army Recruiting Office, 
Jamestown, N. Y., but was again refused on the same grounds. In June, 1918, 
he applied at the Aviation Recruiting Office, Buffalo, N. Y., and also at the 
Marine and Navy Offices, Buffalo, but was each time refused on account of 
being below weight. For some unknown reason he was placed in Division F 
(unskilled labor class), and upon application of the Kerr Turbine Co., by 
whom he was employed, he was placed on the deferred list in order to carry 
on some important work with this company. At Davenport's request, the 
Kerr Company released him, and he was inducted into the service August 
28, 1918. He left Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August 29, for Camp Greene, N. C, 
where he was assigned as private, first class, to the Adjutant Detachment, 
Camp Headquarters, Personnel Office. 



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Private Davenport contracted influenza October 14, 1918, which developed 
into lobular pneumonia. He died at Base Hospital, Camp Greene, October 25, 
1918. His body was returned to Wilkes-Barre for burial. 

DAVIS, RICHARD STANLEY, went overseas with the Y. M. C. A. He 
worked for a short time in England and then went to France with the Norton- 
Harjes Units. Finding his hut duties too tame, he enlisted in the French 
Ambulance Service and then in the French Aviation Service. After complet- 
ing his training he was transferred to the American forces and commissioned 
first lieutenant. Aviation Section, Signal Corps, U. S. Reserves. He was 
ordered to active service on the western front and brought down a German 
flier in a duel. He was later commissioned captain and placed in charge of 
a large flying field in France. 

Still later he was promoted to major, U. S. Air Service, officially credited 
with two German planes, and awarded the Croix de Guerre with the palm. 

DEUTSCH, J. T., enlisted at Camp Custer, Mich. He was appointed to 
the Fourth Officers' Training School, Camp Custer, Mich. Transferred to 
16th Field Artillery Training Battery, Camp Taylor, Ky., and commissioned 
second lieutenant August 31, 1918. He was assigned to 66th Field Artillery, 
Camp Kearny, Cal., and discharged from Camp Kearny, December, 1919. 

DEVINE, WALTER JOSEPH, was second lieutenant. Pioneer Infantry. 
He served as supply and personnel officer with one company of his regiment 
which was furnishing the dock guards, American Expeditionary Force. 

DIMMIG, HOWARD GERY, enlisted in the Aviation Corps, Army, 
September 13, 1917, and was sent to the ground school, Princeton, N. J., where 
he was in training from October 6 to December 1, 1917. He was then sent 
to the primary flying school for training at Park Field, Memphis, Tenn., from 
December 1, 1917, to March 10, 1918. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, pursuit pilot. Air Service, March 10, 1918, and sent to the pursuit 
school, Gerstner Field, La Kecharla, La., for training from March 30 to June 
4, 1918. He was then sent to the gunnery school at Talliaferro Field, Fort 
Worth, Texas, for training from June 10 to July 17. He was then assigned 
to the 52nd Aero Squadron, 1st Provisional Wing, Mineola, L. I., and served 
as pursuit pilot until he was discharged January 8, 1919. 

DOLBIN, DONALD LAMAR, enlisted in the service, and was sent to 
Camp Lee, Va., where he remained for a few weeks. He was discharged 
from the service on account of poor eye-sight. 

DOWNS, JOHN PAUL, enlisted in the Engineers Corps. 

DUNN, LAURENCE D., enlisted at Fort Slocum, N. Y., July 17, 1917, 
and was assigned to Company E, 10th Engineers (Forestry). He remained 
at Fort Slocum until August 10, 1917, when he was transferred to Camp 
American University, Washington, D. C. From there he was ordered over- 
seas and served until the end of the war. He returned to America on the 
U. S. S. North Carolina, and was honorably discharged at Camp Upton, L. I., 
February 17, 1919. 

EARP, HAROLD ELWOOD, enlisted June 1, 1918, in the Medical 
Corps, and was assigned to the Army Medical School at Washington, D. C. 
He was engaged in bacteriology work in the making of vaccines (typhoid 
principally). He was promoted to sergeant in November, 1918. Sergeant 
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EDWARDS, ROBERT EUGENE, served as a private in the Water 
Company, at Camp Hill, Va. 

EICK, LEO ROBERT, enlisted at Fort Slocum, N. Y., September 14, 

1917, in the 25th Engineers. He was transferred to the 504th Engineers and 
embarked for France in November, 1917. On June 24, 1918, he was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, and assigned to Company C, 504th Engineers. On 
October 24, 1918, was commissioned first lieutenant, and transferred to Com- 
pany B, 318th Engineers, 6th Division, which company he was with until 
discharged. On April 16, 1919, the 317th Engineers left France for Cochem, 
Germany, thirty or forty miles west of Coblenz. The 6th Division moved 
into Germany to replace some outfits which were going home. Lieutenant 
Eick returned to this country with his regiment and was discharged from 
the service July 10, 1919. He was designated for front-line duty with pioneer 
engineers, but the armistice was signed before he reached the line. 

ELLIOTT, GEORGE FREDERICK, entered the Third Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course at The Pennsylvania State College. He was transferred to Rock 
Island Arsenal, November 11, 1917; to port of embarkation, Newport News, 
Va., December 9, 1917, and to Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J., July 3, i918. 
He was discharged from service and commissioned second lieutenant. Ord- 
nance Reserve Corps, December 15, 1918. 

ELDER, WALTER THOMAS, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y. He was appointed corporal. 
Company I, 320th Infantry and served overseas. 

ENGLE, BENJAMIN HOMER, entered the Signal Enlisted Corps 
August 22, 1918, and was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was cap- 
tain of the battalion football team and also in charge of the battalion athletics. 
He was in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Camp Meade, Md., and was 
discharged January 22, 1919. 

ENTWISLE, THOMAS LEE, enlisted as second-class seaman in the 
U. S. Naval Reserve Force April 29, 1917, and was called to active service May 
4, 1917. He was stationed at League Island until June 12, when he was 
transferred to Cape May, N. J., where he attended a class in navigation sea- 
manship and signals. He was transferred to U. S. S. P. 545 July 15, and 
returned to Cape May August 1 to take the examination for ensign, U. S. 
Naval Reserve Force. He was commissioned in October, 1917, and sent to 
the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. He graduated at the Naval 
Academy Officers' School in January, 1918, and was commissioned ensign. 
Regular Service, January 30, 1918. He was transferred to New London, 
Conn., Submarine Base, February 4, contracted influenza March 1, and was 
sent to the hospital for a month. From April to July, he was attached as 
aide to Commander Rogers, having duties as Liberty Loan Officer and having 
charge of allotment troubles. He was ordered to the Submarine School July, 

1918, and graduated after a course in engineering, submarines, and torpedoes, 
November 10, 1918. He was commissioned lieutenant, junior grade, U. S. 
Navy, and transferred to U. S. S. K-3 at Key West, Fla., November 25, 

1918, where he was engineer and electrical officer, U. S. S. K-3 until May, 

1919, at which time he was transferred to U. S. S. L-4 at Philadelphia, and set 
sail for Norfolk with temporary duties on U. S. S. L-1. While attached to L-4 
Lieutenant Entwisle acted as executive officer and acting commander, of 
U. S. S. S. P. 1240. Lieutenant Entwisle resigned his commission July 10, 
1919, and his resignation was accepted August 20, 1919. 



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FARLEY, WALTER SHOEMAKER, enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps 
July 25, 1917, at Philadelphia, Pa., for the duration of the war, and on July 27, 
1917, was sent to Paris Island, S. C, for training. He was transferred to 
Quantico, Va., as instructor in small arms' firing about October 15, 1917. 
While at this post he was made a corporal late in November, and sent through 
the school for snipers. He was transferred to the 126th Company, 9th Regi- 
ment, December 17, 1917, and three days later sailed for Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, where he landed Christmas day. On May 15, 1918, he was transferred 
to the Ofificers' Training Corps, at Quantico, Va., having left Cuba on the 
first of the month, and was commissioned second lieutenant, August 15, 1918. 
He was assigned to duty at the Infantry Officers' Training School. On Sep- 
tember 28, 1918, he was transferred to Company C, 11th Regiment, and left 
Quantico for France the next day. He landed in Brest, France, and a week 
later went to the Ordnance Repair Shops at Mehun for guard duty. He 
stayed there until December 20 when the company was moved on to the 
Interior Supply Depot at Gievres. He remained there until a few weeks before 
sailing for the States in August, 1919. 

Lieutenant Farley was promoted to first lieutenant August 16, 1918. He 
returned to the United States and was stationed at Marine Barracks, Fleet 
Supply Base, 25th Street Pier, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lieutenant Farley acted as 
athletic officer while at Mehun and Gievres. 

FAUST, GUY COCKILL, reported to Madison Barracks, N. Y., as a 
candidate in the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was assigned to 
the engineers' company. During the training period he was stationed at 
Camp American University, Washington, D. C, and at Belvoir, Va. On 
August 15, 1917, he was commissioned first lieutenant and ordered to report 
to Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned to Company F, 304th Engineers. 
Lieutenant Faust was sent overseas and assigned to the Chief Engineer's 
Office for duty. He was later sent on special duty to St. Nazaire in charge 
of engineering constructon work. 

FEIST, FREDERICK REGINALD, after serving on the Mexican bor- 
der with Company B, Pennsylvania National Guard, in 1916, entered the 
service of his country again by enlisting in the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. After completing the course he was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster's Corps, Construction Division, and 
was ordered to Camp Meade, Md. He was promoted to first lieutenant and 
was assigned as officer in charge of heating and refrigerating. Camp Utilities' 
Department, Camp Meade, Md. He received his discharge from service in 
October, 1919. 

FISHER, HARVEY WALTER, entered the service on September 20, 
1917, at Newton, N. J., and trained for two weeks at Camp Dix, and for five 
weeks at Camp Merritt, N. J. He sailed for France November 12, 1917, with 
Company B, 502nd Engineers, and served with them as a private and later 
as corporal on various kinds of construction work. The 502nd Engineers 
built hospitals and water supply stations at Savenay, steel warehouses at 
Montoir, and more hospitals at Beaune. He left his company on March 1, 
1919, to attend the University of Paris, where he remained until June 1, 1919. 
Corporal Fisher returned to the United States July 13, and was discharged 
from Camp Mills, L. L, July 21, 1919. 

FLEMING, MAXWELL HARRY, enlisted in the Marine Corps, and 
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the same year he was transferred to the Reserve Officers' Training School 
at Quantico, Va., graduating as second lieutenant from there in February, 
1918, and leaving for France in April. After training in France for one month, 
he entered the lines on June 10 as a replacement for the 2nd Battalion, 5th 
Regiment, 2nd Division, in the Chateau Thierry sector, where that division 
stopped the rush of the Boche toward Paris. On June 11, while placing some 
men in the line, he was wounded by a bursting shell. After two and one-half 
months in Base Hospital No. 30, and one month at Hospital No. 2 at Biarritz, 
France, he returned to the division on October 2. He remained with the 
division during' the rest of the war, and the march to and occupation of Ger- 
many. He returned to the United States on August 3, 1919. He was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant on October 12, 1918, and to captain on March 
30, 1919. 

FOLTZ, CHRISTIAN GINGRICH, was commissioned as captain, Regu- 
lar Army, August 5, 1917, and stationed at Fort Howard, Md. On Oc- 
tober 15, 1918, he was commissioned major, Coast Artillery Corps, and 
assigned to the 7th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Major Foltz left the United 
States October 24, 1918, and arrived in France November 4, 1918. He left 
France for the United States in command of the 7th Anti-Aircraft Battalion 
January 2, 1919, and arrived in the United States January 17. The organiza- 
tion was ordered to Fort Monroe, Va., where it was completely demobilized 
by January 31. Major Foltz was then assigned to Coast Defenses of Chesa- 
peake January 31, 1919, and to 30th Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps, 
Camp Eustis, Lee Hall, Va., December 8, 1919. 

FORSTER, READ RETURN, entered the First Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned August IS, 
1917, as second lieutenant. Infantry. He reported August 29, 1917, to Camp 
Dix, N. J., and was assigned to Company L, 311th Infantry, 156th Brigade, 
78th Division. He served with Company L and sailed overseas with them 
on May 19, 1918. He was back of Arras during the months of June, July, 
and part of August, and during July was appointed scout officer of the Third 
Battalion, 311th Infantry. In the latter part of August the 78th Division 
went down to the American sector. Lieutenant Forster served as battalion 
scout officer through the St. Mihiel offensive, and through the intermediate 
and second phase of the Meuse-Argonne ofifensive. He was promoted to first 
lieutenant in September, 1918. After the armistice, he was stationed at 
Massingy-les-Semur, near Dijon, and was made adjutant of the Third Bat- 
talion, 311th Infantry, in January, 1919. He sailed for the United States May 
12, 1919, landing at Newport News, May 23, 1919, and was discharged at 
Camp Lee, Va., May 26, 1919. 

FRANCE, JOHN EDWARD, attended the First Engineers Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Snelling, Minn., and was commissioned first lieutenant, 
Engineer Corps, in August, 1917. He was assigned to the 5th Engineers, 
Regular Army, then at Brownsville, Tex., and after seven months' service 
was commissioned captain. Engineer Corps, National Army. The regiment 
was stationed at Corpus Christi, Tex., and there prepared for overseas' service. 
His regiment sailed for France in July, 1918, and after spending a few weeks 
in the training area, it was ordered to the front area as the engineer regiment 
of the 7th Regular Army Division. The division took over that part of the 
St. Mihiel front occupied by the 90th Division, and remained in that position 
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J ' ^ . I 

JOHN E. FRANCE 




F. S. FRANTZ 




PERRY M. FREAR 




E E FRBTZ 





CARLOS G. GONDER 




B. GALLAGHER 



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The 5th Engineers were detached from the division and ordered to the 
United States in January. 

Captain France's personal part was the responsibility for the supply of 
the regiment with food, arms, ammunition, clothing, engineer equipment, etc. 
After returning home Captain France received his honorable discharge in 
April, 1919. 

FRANTZ, FREDERICK STRASSNER, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Infantry, November, 1916. He was ordered to Fort Myer. Va.., on 
May 5, 1917, for training and to give training. On August 27, 1917, he was 
transferred to Camp Lee, Va., and assigned to Company E, 317th Infantry, 
80th Division. Besides being attached to Company E, he was regimental 
statistical officer. He was promoted to first lieutenant and ordered overseas 
with Company E, 317th Infantry. In August, 1918, the commanding officer 
of Company E was wounded, and Lieutenant Frantz took command. He 
remained in command of Company E through all the offensives, which were 
the Somme, St. Mihiel, and all the Argonne. Lieutenant Frantz had been 
four times recommended for a captaincy. Before his company was demo- 
bilized, its members presented Lieutenant Frantz with a handsome silver 
loving cup in token of their friendship and devotion. Lieutenant Frantz 
had many close calls while in battle, was gassed in the Argonne, but con- 
tinued with his company until he was discharged on June 16, 1919. 

FREAR, PERRY MARCY, entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., August 27, 1917, and was commissioned 
provisional lieutenant, Field Artillery Corps, November 27, 1917. On Decem- 
ber 10, 1917, he was assigned to the 19th Field Artillery, 5th Division, at Fort 
Sam Houston, Tex., with which organization he arrived in France June 12, 
1918. Lieutenant Frear was promoted to first lieutenant, Field Artillery Corps, 
July 30, 1918, and ordered back to the United States, September 2, where 
he was assigned to the 67th Field Artillery, at West Point, Ky., and was 
given charge of Battery C, 67th Field Artillery, on September 25, 1918. 
He was discharged from the service January 4, 1919. 

*FRETZ, EARL RUSSELL, went to Plattsburg Training Camp, re- 
ceived his commission there, and enlisted prior to the registration day of 
June 5, 1917. He was assigned to the 12th Machine Gun Battalion at Camp 
Greene, N. C. 

Lieutenant Fretz sailed for overseas May 16, 1918, and took part in the 
battle of Chateau Thierry. The captain of the machine Gun company was 
killed in this battle and Lieutenant Fretz took command of the company. 
In a letter dated August 12, 1918, he said : 

"I came out of the front firing line this morning at 4 o'clock, after 
having been in for a week. I have been officially at the front since July 18, 
when we struck the Hun west of Chateau Thierry. Three days ago, just as 
we were moving from the support of the firing line, my captain was hit by a 
bursting shell and instantly killed. His death left me alone the only officer 
with the company, so I had to assume command and take it into action. I 
am glad I lived to bring it out safely this morning, in spite of the heavy 
artillery fire and the great number of snipers, who let go with a few bullets 
every time a fellow lifted his head out of a hole. This is just a note to let you 
know that I have been through hell for twenty-five days, and that I came 
throuarh the furnace without the slightest scratch." 



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On August 12, Lieutenant Fretz's command was sent into rest billets, 
and he was sent to a school for the instruction of officers. The fine record 
he had made in the battle of Chateau Thierry had placed him in line for 
promotion, but it is not known whether he received his promotion as captain. 
He was reassigned to Company B, 12th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Division, 
and again sent to the front. 

The next news from Lieutenant Fretz was to the eitect that he had been 
wounded in the leg by shrapnel and had been sent to a hospital in France. 
Every indication pointed to a rapid recovery with amputation of the leg, when 
he developed bronchial pneumonia, the combination causing his death on 
Thursday, November 7, 1918. Lieutenant Fretz was said to have been one of 
the best drilled soldiers in the field. He was absolutely fearless in battle 
and was a born military leader. 

FROMMEYER, JOSEPH OSWALD, enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., and 
was sent to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, la., where he was assigned to Company 
C, 320th Field Signal Battalion. In 1918 he received the commission of second 
lieutenant, Field Artillery Corps at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. 
He was transferred to the 82nd Field Artillery at Fort Bliss, Tex., on No- 
vember 13, 1918. 

^GALLAGHER, EDWARD, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 27, 1917, but was denied 
commission on account of his youth. He was sent to Camp Meade, Md., 
in November as an instructor and was recommended for the Third Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, but declined and applied for overseas' work. 
He was sent to Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va., and assigned to the 4th 
Regiment of Infantry, Headquarters' Company, 3rd Division. He was ap- 
pointed corporal and sailed for France April 4, 1918. For one month he 
attended a training school for commissioned and non-commissioned officers 
and then went back to his regiment. He was made sergeant in September. 
Sergeant Gallagher fought at Chateau Thierry, Aisne defensive. Champagne 
defensive, Aisne-Marne ofifensive, St. Mihiel offensive, and Meuse-Argonne 
offensive. He was killed in Bois de Foret (a forest about six kilometers north 
of Montfaucon), on October 16, 1918. He was second in command of his 
platoon at the time if his death. He had carried in one wounded man and 
had gone for the second one when he was shot. He died in the arms of one 
of his two corporals, and was buried in the American Cemetery at Clery-le- 
Grande. He is now buried in the Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne- 
sous-Montfaucon, Department of Meuse. 

It is related that on October 12, 1918, the colonel commanding went up 
to Sergeant Gallagher personally and highly praised him for his great cour- 
age and coolness while under fire and for the leadership he displayed during 
the attack. The colonel then went over to the lieutenant and expressed him- 
self as to how proud he should be to have men like Sergeant Gallagher. 

GARNER, HAROLD SAMUEL, enlisted in Company A, 7th Training 
Battery, Camp Lee, Va. 

GEARY, ROBERT EMMET, enlisted in the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant, Field Artillery Corps. He was ordered overseas where he served with 
the 317th Field Artillery, and after the armistice was assigned as head of the 
department of business organization at the American Expeditionary Force 
University at Beaune, Cote D'Or, France. 



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GIBSON, LLOYD C, enlisted at San Saba, Tex., in Company D, 4th 
Engineers, and with them served in the American Expeditionary Forces over- 
seas. After the armistice Mr. Gibson was one of fifty American students at 
Aberdeen, Scotland. 

GONDER, CARLOS G., enlisted in the service at Camp Dix, N. J., 
January 5, 1918, in the Third Reserve Officers' Training School from which 
he was commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery, June 1, 1918. He 
was sent to the Saumur Artillery School in France, and on completion of 
his course, was sent to the Heavy Artillery School at Angers, France. The 
course at Angers was completed November 8, 1918. Lieutenant Gonder was 
unassigned until November 21, 1918, when he was attached to Battery C, 
146th Field Artillery. He joined his regiment near Verdun on that date, and 
served with it in the Army of Occupation near Coblenz until May 25, 1919, 
when the regiment was ordered to the United States. He was discharged 
July 25, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

GOOD, WILLIAM A., entered the service June 6, 1918, and appointed 
candidate to the Fourth Central Officers' Training School, Camp Lee, Va., 
July 15, 1918. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, October 
17, 1918, and sent to Camp Upton, N. Y., where he served until September 17, 
1919, when he was discharged. 

GOODLING, D. E., entered the service July 17, 1917, and was placed in 
Company C, 102nd Ammunition Train, 27th Division, Camp Wadsworth, 
S. C. He sailed for France June 14, 1918, and landed at Brest. He received 
his final training at Camp De Souge, near Bordeaux. His active service began 
at the opening of the Argonne-Meuse ofifensive. He was transferred to the 
Saumur Artillery School for training, and later rejoined his own company. 
He landed in the United States March 11, 1919, and was discharged March 31. 

GRAFF, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR., entered the army June 24, 
1918, as private of Company 40, 10th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, 
Camp Lee, Va. He was promoted to corporal in the Sanitary Corps, and 
later was a candidate for a commission in the Field Artillery Officers' Training 
School, 29th Training Battery, Camp Taylor, Ky. 

GRAY, THOMAS DARIUS, enlisted on May 16, 1918, and was sent to 
Fort Winfield Scott, Cal., for training. 

GRIFFITH, MARION EARLE, enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps, 
May 1, 1917, and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. From here he 
was sent to Fort Williams, Me., attached to the 1st Company, when he was 
transferred to the Field Artillery, and served as corporal with Company D, 
12th Field Artillery, Fort Meyer, Va. 

GRIMM, CHARLES K., enlisted in the Field Artillery on January 5, 
1918, and sailed for overseas in May, 1918. After reaching France he spent 
two months at Camp De Meucon, in being instructed on the French 75-mm. 
guns. In August his division was ordered to the front and relieved the 7th 
Field Artillery on the Toul sector. On October 4 the division was ordered 
back, and on October 18 relieved the 77th Division at Grandpre. After several 
days of fighting, the order came for a twelve-hours' attack of mustard gas on 
the Bois de Loges Woods. The attack was effective and enabled the Americans 
to drive the Huns back to Sedan. The division then started on the march 
for Verdun, and then soon heard of the signing of the armistice. On April 



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22, 1919, orders came to prepare for embarkation to the United States. New 
York was reached on May 14 and the division was discharged on May 26. 
Sergeant Grimm, Battery B, 308th Field Artillery, 78th Division, participated 
in the following battles: Toul sector, August 28 to September 11, 1918; St. 
Mihiel ofifensive, September 12-16, 1918; Suippe offensive, September 16 to 
October 4, 1918; Grandpre offensive, October 18-31, 1918, and Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, November 1-10, 1918. 

HADESTY, GEORGE BOYD, JR., attended the Second Reserve Of- 
ficers' Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and in France served with Company E, 
47th Infantry, as first lieutenant. After a iight at the Vesle, August 7, 1918, 
in which his company encountered a "veritable inferno of barbed wire en- 
tanglements, hidden snipers, intrenched machine guns and heavy artillery 
fire," and was virtually cut to pieces. Lieutenant Hadesty was reported killed 
by a sniper's bullet while swimming the river. Later, however, he was 
located at a German prison camp, from which he was transferred several times, 
finally being reported by the American Red Cross as at Karlsruhe, Baden, 
Germany. On November 30, 1918, he was released, sent to Base Hospital No. 
26, at Allery, France, and from there he rejoined his regiment, with the Army 
of Occupation, at Coblenz. 

HAIG, ALFRED L., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and was commissioned provisional 
second lieutenant. Regular Army, August 15, 1917, being assigned to the 50th 
Infantrv, Camp Syracuse, N. Y., until October 28, 1917. From November 1 
to December 22, 1917, Lieutenant Haig was stationed at Camp Greene, N. C, 
and from December 23, 1917, to August 24, 1918, at Washington, D. C, on 
mounted police and guard duty with the 3rd Battalion, 50th Infantry. He 
was located at Camp Sevier. S. C, with the 156th Depot Brigade from 
November 11. 1918, to January 5, 1919, and at Camp Jackson, S. C. from 
January 5 to April 1, 1919. From April 3 to July 7, 1919, Lieutenant Haig 
was stationed at Camp Dix, N. J., and was discharged from the service July 
7, 1919. 

HALTEMAN, JOHN FREESE, enlisted and was appointed first class 
electrician, U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He reported for active duty at 52nd 
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., and was transferred to U. S. S. Niagara, S. P. 136. 

HAMILL, FRANCIS LINCOLN, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
and was commissioned ensign, later being transferred to the navy. He 
attended the Naval Reserve Officers' School at Annapolis, Md., and was 
afterward assigned to submarine duty at New London, Conn. When dis- 
charged he held the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, and was serving as second 
officer on the U. S. Submarine H-5. 

HAMMITT, EUGENE PARGNY, enlisted as a private in the 111th 
Infantry (10th Pennsylvania). He was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Engineer Reserve Corps, and assigned to Engineers' Officer Training Camp, 
American University, Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Hammitt was trans- 
ferred to the 319th Engineers, Camp Fremont, Cal. He was promoted to 
first lieutenant June 12, 1918, and sailed for France with 319th Engineers, 
September 18. 

HARVEY, CLIFFORD O., entered the service May 29, 1918, was as- 
signed to Company M, 4th Engineer Training Regiment, and transferred 



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CHARLES K. GRIMM 




GEORGE B. HADBSTY 




A. HELLER 




5^ 



G. E. HESSELBACHER 





W. P. HOLBBN 




BENJAMIN G. HDNTER 



JOHN D. HOFFMAN 



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July 14 to Company I, 116th Engineers, American Expeditionary Force. On 
September 20 he was transferred to the 40th Engineers (Camouflage Corps), 
and served in Companies A, B, I, and K. He returned to the United States 
on January 4, 1919, and was discharged at Washington Barracks, N. Y., 
February 15. 

HARVEY, FRED W., served as second lieutenant with the Boalsburg 
Machine Gun Troop, and at Camp Hancock, Ga., joined the 103rd Machine 
Gun Troop. In January, 1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant, at- 
tached to Company A, 107th Machine Gun Battalion. He was transferred to 
the 102nd Field Bakery, 28th Division, and with them served overseas. 

HARVEY, ROBERT M., served with the Penn State Ambulance Sec- 
tion, 529, training at Allentown, Pa., and going direct to Italy. He was 
transferred in August, 1918, to the Motor Repair Shop Detachment. 

HAVEN, DON STEVENSON, was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and promoted to first lieutenant. Ordnance 
Department, Unit 2, American Expeditionarj' Force. He was transferred 
to the Motor Transport Corps. 

HEINZ, WILLIAM L. W., entered the service at the U. S. Naval 
Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., and was transferred to the reserve battalion 
at the Reserve Barracks, Cloyne Field, Newport, R. I. He served as ensign 
on the U. S. S. Indiana. 

HELLER, ABRAHAM I., enlisted as a private in the 306th Infantry, 
77th Division, Company A, and was appointed corporal, then sergeant. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant, promoted to first lieutenant, and then 
adjutant, 3rd Battalion, 165th Infantry, 42nd Division, American Expedition- 
ary Force. Lieutenant Heller saw action in the Baccorat sector, Lorraine, 
France, during June, 1918, and later went through the battle of Chateau 
Thierry at the Ourcq river, July 28-29. He was transferred to the Officers' 
School at Gondrecourt, and returned to his regiment in time for the St. Mihiel 
ofifensive, September 12, 1918. During October he was in the Argonne 
Forest on the Landres-St. George front, and in the drive on Sedan. November 
5-8. After the armistice Lieutenant Heller acted as billeting officer for his 
battalion during the advance to the Rhine River; and was in the Army of 
Occupation at Remagen, Germany, until April, 1919. He returned^ home with 
the Rainbow (42nd) Division, and was discharged from the service in JNIay, 
1919. 

HENNEBERGER, JOHN WILLIAM, trained with the Engineering 
Corps, Camp Meade, Md., and was appointed sergeant, 4th Student Company, 
Student Officers' Training Camp, Camp Meade, Md. 

HESSELBACHER, GEORGE E., entered the service at Camp Meade, 
Md., September 20, 1917. and was assigned to the 17th Training Battalion, 
154th Depot Brigade, 79th Division. He was transferred to Company C, 
304th Ammunition Train, and promoted to corporal November 1, 1917, Com- 
pany C, and then to sergeant transferred to Third Officers' Training School, 
1st Battery, Camp Meade, Md. On completion of the school he vvas trans- 
ferred to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, and commissioned second lieutenant. 
Field Artillery, and assigned to Battery C, 13th Training Battalion. June 1, 
1918. Lieutenant Hesselbacher was transferred to the School of Fire, Fort 
Sill, Okla., August 4, 1918, and promoted to first lieutenant Field Artiller>% 



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August 9, 1918. He was then transferred to Camp Kearny, Cal., October 10, 

1918, assigned to Battery F, 64th Field Artillery, and transferred to the 
command of Battery E, 64th Field Artillery. Lieutenant Hesselbacher was 
discharged December 20, 1918, at Camp Kearny, Cal. 

HIBNER, R. F., enlisted September 19, 1917, and was assigned to the 
354th Infantry, Camp Funston, Kan. He was transferred November 1, 1917, 
to the 336th Field Artillery (Heavy), Camp Pike, Ark., and February 1, 1918, 
placed on detached service at United States Weather Bureau, Nashville, Tenn. 
He was transferred to the Signal Corps, Fort Wood, New York, and sailed 
from Hoboken, N. J., June, 1918. He served with the Meteorological Section 
Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Force, while in France. He sailed for 
the United States in February, 1919, and was mustered out March 29, 1919, 
at Camp Grant, 111., with the rank of corporal. 

HOFFMAN, JOHN UHL, enlisted in the 11th Engineers, stationed at 
Fort Totten, N. Y., May 24, 1917, and went overseas in July of that year. 
After injury in an accident he was in a French hospital for fifteen weeks. 
In November he rejoined his regiment and later was transferred to the Motor 
Transport Repair Service, where he drove a motor truck. 

HOLBEN, W. P., was commissioned second lieutenant, in the Engineer 
Reserve Corps, June 28, 1917, sent to the American University, Washington, 
D. C, and in December of 1917 was attached to the 103rd Engineers, Camp 
Hancock, Ga. In January he was assigned as commanding officer to Truck 
Company, 444th Engineers, Fort Meyer, Va. After organizing and equipping 
the company, with it he went overseas, arriving in France April 7, 1918. 
There he was located at Motor Park and served as pilot on convoy work. 

HORNER, NORMAN C, went to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he 
attended the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Engineers. From there he was assigned to the 5th Engi- 
neers at Corpus Christi, Tex. 

HOSTETTER, HARRY B., enlisted in May, 1917, as seaman, second 
class, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, and was attached to Section Base, Pelham 
Bay Training Station, Cape May, N. J. He was transferred to the University 
of Pennsylvania Officers' School, and was graduated as ensign. He served 
aboard the U. S. S. Georgiana and later of the U. S. S. Indiana. He was 
placed in the inactive list February 15, 1919. 

HUNTER, BENJAMIN GRAHAM, enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force 
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on July 12, 1917, with the rating of yeoman, 
first class. He was detailed to office of supervising cost inspector for mine 
sweepers, Harlan and Hollingsworth Plant, Wilmington, Del., and served in 
that capacity until February 8, 1918, upon which date he received the com- 
mission of assistant paymaster with the rank of ensign. He was detailed 
immediately to the Navy Pay Officers' School, Catholic University, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and remained there until March 1, 1918, when he was detailed 
to duties at the New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Company, Eliza- 
bethport, N. J., in the capacity of resident cost inspector. 

On June 1, 1919, Ensign Hunter was promoted to rank of lieutenant, 
junior grade. United States Naval Reserve Force, and served until August, 

1919, when he received his release from active duty. 



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HURSH, SAMUEL REED, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

IRWIN, JOHN ANDREW, spent nine weeks at Camp Taylor, Ky., in 
Field Artillery and was in the Central Officers' Training School when mus- 
tered out after the signing of the armistice. 

JACOBSON, CARL T., enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 
Force on May 20, 1917, at Philadelphia, Pa., was called into service on 
October 22, and went into training at the Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, 
N. J., as a seaman. In February, 1918, he began an intensive course of train- 
ing for the ensign's commission, receiving the commission in May. He was 
ordered to the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., on June 7, for another 
intensive training course for ensign in the Regular Navy, and completed the 
course on September 18, 1918. He then went to sea on the cruiser U. S. S. 
Huntington. On December 8, 1918, he was ordered to the receiving ship 
at Boston to await further orders. On January 26, 1919, he was ordered to 
the destroyer, U. S. S. Buchanan, and on February 5, he joined the Atlantic 
Fleet and manouvered with that until reaching New York on April 14. He 
recei\'ed his discharge at the Brooklyn Na-s-y Yard on June 21, 1919. 

JAFFE, SAMUEL A., served with Company F, 603rd Engineers, for 
eleven months overseas. 

JEFFERY, GRENVILLE, entered the service May 14, 1917, and was 
sent to the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111. He 
was commissioned first lieutenant. Ordnance Department, August 15, 1917. 
He was stationed at times at Fort Sheridan, Springfield Armory, Camp 
Meade, Camp Custer, Camp Grant, Camp Dodge and Camp Raritan, and 
Washington, D. C. He was discharged February 5, 1919. 

JIMESON, WILBUR CARDON, enlisted May 18, 1918, in the U. S. 
Naval Reserve Force, was sent to Norfolk, Va., June 12, 1918, attached to 
the S. S. Richmond (receiving ship) at St. Helena, and placed in general 
detail. He applied for admission to the Officers' Material School. He passed 
the examination, was sent to New York, and assigned to S. S. Huron of 
the Clyde Line. He remained on this ship for two months and was then sent 
to Pelham Bay, N. Y., for further training. On December 14, 1918, he was 
released from the service. 

JOHNS, HAROLD CHESTER, enlisted December 12, 1917, at Wash- 
ington, D. C, in Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Engineers, and sailed for 
France January 28, 1918. He was in the St. Mihiel offensive, and Meuse- 
Argonne oft'ensive. He received his discharge from Camp J\Ieade, j\Id., June 
11, 1919, as first sergeant. 

JONES, MYRON, became a member of the 112th Engineers, 37th Di- 
vision, in July, 1917. He spent a year of waiting in several Army camps in 
America, and arrived in France in July, 1918. The company went through 
the usual training period on a quiet sector, and later saw action in the 
Argonne Forest and in Belgium. Corporal Jones was wounded October 31, 
1918, the first day he took part in the Belgian drive. He was sent to hospitals, 
in France, England, and to the United States General Hospital No. 11, Cape 
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C. T. JACOBSON 




HAHOLD C. JOHNS 




MYRON JONES 




J G JOSEFSON 





H M IvIslIER 







H. CLAYTON KLINGBEIL 



J. W. KAUPFMAN 



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JOSEFSON, JOHN GODFREY, entered military service September 
19, 1917, at Camp Lee, Va., and was transferred to Company B, 305th 
Military Police at Camp Lee, in October, 1917. He was then transferred 
to the Aviation Section, Kelly Field, Tex., December 21, 1917, and assigned 
to 648th Aero Squadron. He sailed for overseas March 28, 1918, and landed 
at St. Nazaire. He was then assigned to Headquarters Detachment, First 
Pursuit Group, Air Service at Toul on May 1, 1918. He served in the fol- 
lowing battles : Meuse-Argonne, Toul sector. Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and 
Oise-Aisne. On April 20, 1919, he left Bordeaux for the United States and 
was discharged May 15, 1919, as sergeant, first class. 

KAUFFMAN, J. W., entered the service April 24, 1918, and was ordered 
to Camp Meade, Md., as a private. He was transferred to the Ordnance 
Department, Gunpowder Reservation, Edgewood, Md., May 30, 1918. When 
the Chemical Warfare Service was organized, July 1, 1918, he was engaged in 
construction work of chemical plants. He was later a chemist in a phosgene 
laboratory. In September, 1918, he was transferred to Niagara Falls, N. Y., 
and then sent to the chemical laboratories of Edgewood Arsenal Plant, Edge- 
wood, Md., with the rank of sergeant, first class. He was later transferred 
to Headquarters, Chemical Warfare Service, Baltimore, Md., and was made 
regimental sergeant major, and personnel officer of Edgewood Arsenal Plants. 
He was discharged May 14, 1919. 

KAUPP, CHARLES OTTO, entered the First Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was transferred to Fort Monroe, 
Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Section, Of- 
ficers' Reserve Corps and assigned to duty at Fort DuPont, Delaware City, 
Del. He attended the 4th Anti-Aircraft School in the summer of 1918 at 
Fort Monroe, and later the three weeks' short course in the Radio School, 
Columbia University, N. Y. He was assigned to the 35th Artillery, which 
was demobilized after the signing of the armistice. He received his discharge 
March 19, 1919, at Fort DuPont, Del. 

KEPLER, EDWIN JOHN, enlisted in the Medical Department Decem- 
ber 14, 1917, and was discharged as sergeant July 2, 1919. He served a period 
of enlistment at the laboratories of the Army Medical School, and was en- 
gaged in the production of triple typhoid vaccine and anti-pneumococcus 
vaccines. 

KILLIAN, PAUL BYARD, served with the Regular Navy in transport 
service. He enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio, as master mechanic, second class, 
June 30, 1917, and was sent to Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, 
N. J., and was made warrant officer (engineers), November 28. He was then 
assigned as junior engineering officer on the U. S. S. Kroonland. He was 
detached February 22, 1918, and returned to Stevens Institute. He was made 
ensign March 30, was sent to Carnegie Institute and Westinghouse Electric 
Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., as instructor and then transferred 
to Schenectady, N. Y., General Electric Company. He was detached from 
land duty May 1, 1918, and sent aboard U. S. S. Yale as senior engineering 
officer. He was discharged from active service October 1, 1919. 

KISTLER, HOWARD MILTON, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Infantry, and assigned to Company C, 312th Machine Gun Battalion, 79th 
Division, Camp Meade, Md. He was assigned as adjutant and supply officer. 



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Lieutenant Kistler was promoted to captain, Company A, 312th Machine 
Gun Battalion, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces. On February 
2, 1919, he was appointed to American Military Mission to Germany, and 
stationed at Cottbus, Germany, as senior allied officer of the Interallied 
Commission for the Repatriation of Russian Prisoners of War. He was re- 
called from Germany August 18, 1919, and discharged October 6, 1919. 

KLINGBEIL, HENRY CLAYTON, was inducted into service July 17, 

1918, in the 57th Pioneer Infantry, Company L, at Camp Wadsworth, S. C. 
Here he was transferred to Company A, 62nd Pioneer Infantry, and made 
company clerk. He was transferred again to the 4th Pioneer Infantry, Head- 
quarters Company, and sailed from Newport News, Va., September 23, 1918. 
In France he was transferred to Company E, 330th Replacement Regiment, 
and for several weeks trained at various stations. After the armistice he went 
to the Depot Camp at Laigne-en-Billeu. After several transfers he was de- 
tached for service at the Army Post School, in the Lycee at Chaumont. In 
January he was detailed to teach illiterate American soldiers to read and write, 
and later he was sent with the U. S. School Detachment to the University of 
Wales, Aberyswyth. After his return to France he was transferred to Casual 
Company with which he returned home and was discharged August 1, 1919, 
at Camp Mills, L. I. 

KLINGENSMITH, JOSIAH MARSHALL, was in training for a com- 
mission as a flyer at the U. S. Aviation Section, Military Aeronautics, 
Ithaca, N. Y., May 4, 1918. He graduated August 3, and was sent to Camp 
Dick, Dallas, Tex., to await assignment to the flying field. On September 2 
he was transferred to Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., for a course in bombing. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant. Aviation Section, Signal Reserve 
Corps, December 18, 1918, and obtained his discharge from active service the 
next day. 

KOMINARS, JACOB, entered the service September 10, 1917, as second 
lieutenant. Engineer Corps, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He was first assigned to 
the 304th Engineers and then transferred to the 306th Engineers October 1, 

1919, American Expeditionary Forces. He participated in the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive from November 9 to 11, 1918. Lieutenant Kominars was in the 
military service twenty-three months, twelve months of which he spent in 
France. He was a member of the 79th Division and was later transferred to 
the 81st Division. He received his discharge July 30, 1919. 

KUNTZ, FREDERICK PAUL, was in the 12th Company, 3rd Training 
Battalion, Camp Lee, Va. 

LAING, JOSEPH ALONZO, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Fort Monroe, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant, 
Coast Artillery Corps, and was with the Second Aviation Instruction Center, 
Tours, France. 

LARER, G. NORWOOD, served as second lieutenant in the Signal Re- 
serve Corps, Aviation Section, and was stationed at Kelly Field, San An- 
tonio, Tex. 

LAWTON, L. C, enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force, April 15, 1917, 
as second class seaman. He was called into active service at the Philadelphia 
Navy Yard June, 1917. He served on board the Mine Sweeper No. 9, from 



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J. M. KLINGENSJIITH 





M. B. LUPOLD 




ARTHUR E. MACK 




WAEHEN L. MARTIN 



H. R. I-BNKBR 



^f^C^ TWT^ 




R. P. MEILT 



P. J. MACHLAN 



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July 3, 1917, to March 5, 1918, doing duty off the Delaware Capes and in the 
Delaware Bay. He served on submarine chaser 212 from March 20 to October 
7, 1918, doing coast patrol duty at Camp May, N. J., in the strait off Gibraltar, 
and the Mediterranean sea. He spent eight months at Port au Prince, Haiti, 
helping to suppress the uprisings among the natives. He was placed on the 
inactive list October 16, 1919, as second class gunners' mate. 

LEAHY, GILES, was a private in Company 78, Marine Barracks, Paris 
Island, S. C. 

LEIBACHER, EDWARD M., entered the service as a second class pri- 
vate. From September 21 to November 1, 1917, he served with Company E, 
311th Infantry, and then with Company B, 303rd Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J.; 
November 1-15, 1917, first class private. Company B, 303rd Engineers; cor- 
poral. Company B, 303rd Engineers, November 15 to December 1, 1917; ser- 
geant. Company B, 303rd Engineer Third Reserve Officers' Training School, 
Camp Dix, and 1st Casual Company, Camp Lee, December 1, 1917, to June 1, 
1918; second lieutenant. Company B, 7th Replacement Battalion, Camp Lee, 
June 1 to September 18, 1918; first lieutenant. Company B, 7th Replacement 
Battalion, Camp Lee, and captain, October 26, 1918, to January 13, 1919, when 
he received his discharge. 

LENKER, HARRY R., entered the service in September, 1918, and was 
placed in Company 41, 11th Training Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Meade, Md. From there he was transferred to 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 
154th Depot Brigade, and held for war orders. He received his discharge 
in December, 1918. 

LEWIS, JOHN LOCKE, was commissioned second lieutenant, Field 
Artillery, Camp Lee, Va., and was promoted to first lieutenant Battery F, 
114th Field Artillery, Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. He returned to the 
United States in September, 1918, was promoted to captain, commanding 
Battery E, and 38th Field Artillery, 13th Division, Camp Lewis, Washington. 

LINCOLN, RALPH N., after attending the Third Officers' Training 
Camp, was commissioned and stationed at the Machine Gun School, Camp 
Hancock, Ga. In September, 1917, he went to Camp Sherman, O., where he 
joined Company M, 330th Infantry, until he was admitted to the Third 
Officers' Training School, at Camp Lee, Va. He served as machine gun in- 
structor in the Central Machine Gun Officers' Training School, and was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant the 19th of September, 1918. 

LONGO, VALENTINE DANIEL, was with the 1st Signal Battalion, 
(Telephone), American Expeditionary Force. 

LOVE, ROBERT A., was in training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where 
he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Regular Army, Engineers' 
Corps. In November, 1918, he was made captain of the 6th Engineers with 
the American Expeditionary Force. 

LOY, JAMES McNEAL, was in the service doing storage battery power 
plant work, as a private with the 43rd Service Company, Signal Corps, 
American Expeditionary Force. 

*LUPOLD, MERRILL BLY, enlisted in the New York National Guard 
at Albany, N. Y., July 18, 1917, and was taken into service July 20, on 



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Engineer Train, as master engineer, junior grade, He went into training 
at Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C, September 13, 1917, was trans- 
ferred to 22nd Engineers, and later to 102nd Field Signal Battalion, Company 

C, as first sergeant. He was an instructor in the gas defense school for the 
Signal Battalion, 27th Division. Sergeant Lupoid sailed from Newport News, 
May 18, 1918, landing at St. Nazaire, France, on May 30, and was brigaded 
with British troops in Belgium July 9, 1918. Later the 27th Division took 
over a sector of the front, when Sergeant Lupoid was made master signal 
electrician and inspector for gas defense. During latter part of August, 
1918, he was acting as signal officer for the 105th Machine Gun Battalion in 
the Dickebush sector, Belgium, at which time he earned the praise of his 
commander and was recommended for commission as lieutenant, which wa.s 
held up when the armistice was signed. At the time of the breaking of the 
Hindenburg line at St. Emily, France, he was gassed. He took part in all 
the prominent actions of the 27th Division. 

Sergeant Lupoid was commended in special orders for meritorious service 
in Dickebush sector, Belgium, August 30, 1918, for organizing and installing 
a system of machine gun signal inter-communication. He continued as in- 
spector for gas defense after the signing of the armistice, and was taken ill 
from the efifects of the gas, and on January 14, 1919, spinal meningitis de- 
veloped. He was taken to Base Hospital No. 52, Le Mans, and died January 
18. He was buried in Grand Cemetery, Le Mans, January 20, 1919. 

McCAIG, GEORGE PERCY, trained in England and Canada for the 
St. Royal Air Force, and was attached to the 80th Squadron, Royal Air 
Force, 4th Army, British Expeditionary Force. 

McCartney, HAROLD graft, was in the 1st Flying Squadron, 
Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., and was commissioned second lieutenant. 

McCRAY, WILLIAM WADE, enlisted in the 42nd Battalion, 20th Engi- 
neers, on February 28, 1918. The 42nd Battalion was organized as a road 
and bridge building unit to work in connection with the 20th Engineers, which 
was a forestry organization. McCray was assigned to Company A, as a 
private, on March 1, 1918. On April 9, 1918, he was transferred to Company 

D, same battalion, with the rank of corporal. The 42nd Battalion was organ- 
ized at Camp American University, Washington, D. C, where preliminary 
training was received. On May 10, 1918, this battalion left for France. 

While in the American Expeditionary Force, the 42nd Battalion Avas re- 
organized and attached directly to the 20th Engineers, Company D, becom- 
ing the 45th Company of the 20th Engineers. On February 2, 1919, he 
was made sergeant. About March 1, 1919, he contracted pneumonia, and 
was taken to the base hospital, Bordeaux, where he remained until April 9. 
He was attached to a convalescent company and returned to the United States. 
He received his discharge from Camp Dix, N. J., on May 10, 1919. 

McDowell, C. C, entered the military service on September 4, 1918, 
and was discharged May 16, 1919. He enlisted at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, 
Pa., in the Tank Corps, as a private, and received Infantry training at this 
camp until October 8. The corps left New York on October 20 for overseas 
and arrived at Liverpool, England, on October 31. After reaching the French 
shore the corps moved on to Langres, in the upper district near the Marne. 
The corps was stationed at Cohons until January 27, 1919, at which time the 
corps was transferred to Castilion, near Bordeaux. On April 21 the corps 



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embarked for the United States, and arrived in New York on May 1. The 
corps was mustered out at Camp Meade, Md. 

McGURL, JOSEPH M., enlisted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on May 22, 
1917, and commissioned ensign September 29, 1917. He was assigned to duty 
on the instruction staff at U. S. Navy Gas Engine School, Columbia Univer- 
sity, N. Y., October 1, 1917. In February, 1918, until September, 1918, he was 
made inspector of Mine Sweepers' Office, Third Naval District. On October 
1, 1918, he was transferred to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
Md., and was released from active duty February 6, 1919. 

McNULTY, RAY MARCELLUS, served as first lieutenant Dental 
Corps, 309th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

MACHLIN, FRANK J., entered the Field Artillery Central Officers' 
Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and was discharged 
November 29, 1918. 

MACK, ARTHUR ELWOOD, entered the service in February, 1918, 
and was assigned to Company 9, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. He 
entered the Fourth Officers' Training School at Camp Meade, in May, 1918. 
Six weeks later, he was moved to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant on August 26, 1918. He was then transferred 
to Company M, 2nd Provisional Regiment, 156th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Jackson, Columbia, S. C. The brigade was moved to Camp Sevier, Green- 
ville, S. C, a couple of weeks later. Lieutenant Mack remained at Camp 
Sevier until discharged on December 1, 1918. 

MACKIN, JOHN PATRICK, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force. 

MALTBY, EDWARD D., was commissioned June 29, 1917, warrant 
machinist, and assigned to duty as engineer officer, tj. S. S. Sentine, harbor 
patrol, San Francisco, Cal. He spent four months training on U. S. S. 
Oregon, after which he was recommended for the commission of ensign, and 
assigned to duty fitting out submarine chasers. Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. 
He served two months as executive officer of S. C. No. 273, first sub-chaser 
built at Mare Island. He was commissioned ensign, ordered to command 
sub-chaser No. 282, and sailed en route for New York via Panama Canal. 
Upon arrival at Panama he was assigned to duty in that district. He returned 
to the Navy Yard, Mare Island, January, 1919, for duty in connection with 
fitting out the destroyer Kennison. He was acting as watch officer aboard 
U. S. S. Kennison when he was relieved from all active duty on June 29, 1919. 
He was in the service two years. 

MARLIN, EDWARD LAURENCE, served with the Machine Gun Bat- 
talion, Quantico, Va. 

MARTIN, JOHN ALVIN, entered the military service on September 
19, 1917, and was sent to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. He was trans- 
ferred three weeks later to the plant of the Hero Manufacturing Co., Phila- 
delphia, Pa., where he was engaged as a supervisor in the assembling of 
gas masks and their shipment overseas. While engaged in this particular 
work he was promoted to corporal, and later promoted to sergeant in charge 
of the Government storeroom at the plant. Sergeant Martin was discharged 
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*MARTIN, JAMES BLADE, attended the Central Officers' Training 
School at Camp Taylor, Ky., and was suddenly taken with pneumonia. He 
died there Thursday, October 10, 1918. "He went like a real soldier and 
gave his life in the drill and grind of the camp, instead of the thrill and 
excitement of battle." 

_ MARTIN, WARREN LEE, enlisted on May 10, 1917, in the Penn State 
Unit, Reserve Officers' Training School, and was sent to Camp Custer, Mich. 
He was transferred to Camp Lee, Va., commissioned second lieutenant, 
Infantry, Camp Lee, and assigned to Camp Upton, N. Y., and discharged 
in January, 1919. 

MATTHEWS, FRED EDWIN, was inducted into military service and 
sent to Camp Meade, Md. 

MATTHEWS, WILLIAM HARNISH, entered the service November 
4, 1917, and was sent to Camp Meade, Md., and until December, 1917, was a 
private in Company D, 316th Infantry. He was then assigned as filter 
operator to Utilities' Department, Quartermaster's Corps, until January 1, 
l9l8. On January 4 he entered the Third Infantry Officers' Training School, 
Camp Meade, completed the course on April 19, 1918, and was transferred 
as officer candidate to the Infantry Replacement Camp, Camp Lee, Va. He 
received his commission as second lieutenant June 1, 1918, and was trans- 
ferred in Tuly, 1918, to Camp Meade. He received his discharge on August 
30, 1919. ' 

MAYES, WALTER AMPHION, served as sergeant. Company E, 15th 
Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

MEILY, R. P., was ordered to Camp Meade, Md., for active service with 
Machine Gun Company, 315th Infantry, National Army. He was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, and later promoted to first lieutenant. He was shell 
shocked and slightly wounded while in France. 

MESSINGER, J. P., enlisted in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, 
Aviation Section, November 3, 1917, and entered the Princeton School of 
Military Aeronautics February 1, 1918. After completing the class he was 
sent on April 5 to the concentration camp at Dallas, Tex. After a month at 
this camp he was ordered to Eberts Field, Lonoke, Ark., to receive training 
as a flyer in the Air Service. In September he received the commission of 
second lieutenant, pilot in the Air Service, and was ordered to Payne Field, 
West Point, Miss., to receive training as a pursuit pilot. On November 1 
he was ordered to Hoboken, N. J., for overseas' service, and remained there 
until discharged on December 11, 1919. He was later recommissioned second 
lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps. 

MILLER, WILLIAM ABRAHAM, took the Third Ordnance Supply 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College and entered the service. 

MILLER, PARKER GILES, served as a private with Company A, 37th 
Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

MOCK, PALMER S., entered the service at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape 

May, N. J., in the Naval Reserves as a second class electrician. Later he was 
rated ensiarn and served as assistant engineer aboard the U. S. S. Powhatan. 



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J. p. MBSSINGBR 




GORDON V. MOT 




WBNDBLI, PHILLIPS 




R. CARL PRATHBR 



II. K. RICHARDS 




JOHN K. ROBINSON 




WILLIAM C. ROCK 



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MONAHAN, JAMES T., attended the Third Reserve Officers' Trainmg 
School, Camp Sheridan, Ala. He was commissioned second lieutenant. In- 
fantry, June 1, 1918, at Camp Lee, Va., and assigned to the 9th Train 
Headquarters and Military Police, from which organization he was dis- 
charged in December, 1918. 

MOY, GORDON V., attended the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Meyer, Va., from May 14 until July 16, 1917, and was then ordered to 
the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, where he received ground school 
training, and flying training with the Royal Flying Corps at Camp Mohawk 
and Camp Borden, Canada, and Camp Talliafero, Tex. Upon finishing training 
in this country, he was sent to France, and completed the course at the 
American Expeditionary Force Flying School, at Issoudon, and the School 
of Aerial Gunnery, at Cazeaux. He was commissioned first lieutenant and 
sent to the front as a pursuit pilot, attached to the 139th Aero Squadron, 
Second Pursuit Group, which, at that time was operating on the Toul sector. 
He moved to the Argonne sector after the St. Mihiel drive, and worked on 
that front until the armistice. Lieutenant Moy received the citation from 
General Pershing for "meritorious and conspicuous service." He was dis- 
charged February 6, 1919. 

MUFFLY, HARRY P., entered the military service October 2, 1917, 
left the United States for overseas May 26, 1918, and landed at Bordeaux, 
France. He participated in the following engagements : Somme offensive, 
July 23 to August 18, 1918; St. Mihiel, September 12-16, 1918; Meuse- 
Argonne, September 26 to October 12, and November 1-7, 1918. He sailed 
from Brest and arrived in the United States May 30, 1919. He was discharged 
June 7, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J., as corporal. 

MULL, JOHN RUSSELL, attended the Second Artillery Officers' Train- 
ing School at Fort Monroe, Va. He was coinmissioned second lieutenant, 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Totten, N. Y., and was transferred to Battery A, 
74th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, American Expeditionary Force. Lieu- 
tenant Mull was discharged from the Army December 31, 1918. 

MYERS, CLARENCE S., attended the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y. He also attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

NEELY, GEORGE LESLIE, was sent by The Pennsylvania State Col- 
lege to the Reserve Officers' Training School, Camp Custer, Mich., May IS, 
1918. On July 1 he was transferred to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to 
complete his training, and was commissioned second lieutenant September 1. 
He was then transferred to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, and then to the 
School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., on October 20. He was still in training when 
he was discharged on December 13, 1919. 

NEFF, PAUL JAMES, served as sergeant in Battery B, 310th Field 
Artillery, Camp Meade, Md., and was sent to France with the same organ- 
ization. 

PHILLIPS, WENDELL, attended the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. Air 
Service (aeronautics). 



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POPKY, CHARLES H., was stationed at Madison Barracks, N. Y., in 
the First Ordnance Officers' Training Camp, from May 12 to June 14, 1917. 
He was then transferred to Fort Monroe, Va., where he remained until 
August 30, 1917, having previously been appointed second lieutenant. Ord- 
nance Officers' Reserve Corps. From September 1 to November 28 he was on 
duty at Frankford Arsenal, Frankford, Pa. From November 28 to December 
12, he was at this arsenal and on a tour of arsenals at various points in the East. 
From December 12, 1917, to January 7, 1918, he was at the Ordnance Officers' 
School, Camp Meade, Md., and later located at Camp Lee, Va., as assistant 
to camp Ordnance officer and also assistant range officer. From April 17 to 
DecemlDer 8, he was located at Camp Lewis, Wis., as assistant to camp range 
officer. He was then transferred on December 14, 1918, to Camp Custer, 
Mich., as assistant to armament officer. Rock Island Armament District, and 
commanded 110th Ordnance Depot Company until February 4, 1919. From 
May 12 to October 25, 1919, Lieutenant Popky was on duty at the New York 
District Ordnance Office as assistant property manager. On November 1, 
1918, he was appointed first lieutenant. He received his discharge October 
25, 1919. 

POWELL, WALTER GRANT, enlisted June 30, 1917, at the Presidio 
of San Francisco, Cal. He was appointed band corporal August 2, 1918, and 
sergeant May 17, 1919. He received his discharge June 11, 1919. From June 
to December, 1917, Sergeant Powell was stationed at the Presidio ; December, 

1917, to October 23, 1918, Camp Fremont, Cal. ; October 23 to November 24, 

1918, Camp Mills, N. Y., and at Camp Lee, Va., from November 24, 1918, to 
June 11, 1919. 

PRATHER, RUSH CARL, entered the military service August 5, 1918, 
and was sent to Camp AVadsworth, S. C, as a member of the 4th Pioneer 
Infantry. He was transferred to Headquarters' Detachment, 4th Corps, Ar- 
tillery Park, August 30, 1918. He sailed from Camp Merritt, N. J., September 
3, and landed at Manchester, England, September 17. After reaching France 
he went into a training center near Bordeaux. He participated in the opera- 
tions between the Meuse and Moselle rivers from October 23 to November 
11, 1918, and was with the Army of Occupation until May 28, 1919, at Mayen, 
Rheinland, and at Ammunition Depot No. 351 between Coblenz and Ander- 
nach. He returned to the United States June 28, 1919, and was discharged 
at Camp Dix, N. J., July 3, 1919. 

QUIGGLE, E. W., was inducted into the military service October 2, 1917, 
and assigned to Company C, 305th Ammunition Train, 80th Division, Camp 
Lee, Va., October 5. He was appointed corporal November 5, 1917, sergeant 
on December 6, and first sergeant January 25, 1918. He sailed from the United 
States May 26, 1918, and arrived in Bordeaux, June 10. Sergeant Ouiggle was 
in active service in the St. Mihiel sector, September 12-18, 1918, and Meuse- 
Argonne sector, September 26 to November 11, 1918. He left Brest, May 21, 
and arrived in Philadelphia June 1, 1919. He was discharged at Camp Dix, 
N. J., June 11, 1919. 

RAYNOR, L. S., served as corporal with the 101st Field Artillery Supply 
Company, 51st Brigade, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force. 

REID, GLENN A., served in the Sanitary Train, Camp Sherman, O., as 
sergeant in charge of training and sanitation. Later he went overseas with 
Field Hospital No. 329, 3rd Corps, 3rd Army of the Army of Occupation. 



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RICHARDS, HARRY ELWOOD, enlisted in the Regular Army July 
10, 1917, and was recruited at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He was assigned to 
10th Engineers mobilized at Washington, D. C, in August, 1917, and sailed 
September 10, 1917. He was transferred in September, 1918, to the fuel wood 
project, and served with colored troops in the advance zone until December, 
1918, when he was again transferred to 10th Engineers for demobilization. 
He was discharged February 17, 1919. 

RISHELL, GEORGE L., was inducted into service, and placed in the 
Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe, Va., on February 2, 1918. He was 
assigned to the 9th Company, Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay. He received 
the rank of first class gunner with this company, and was transferred to the 
4th Heavy Artillery Officers' Training Camp at Fort Monroe on April 6, 1918. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant of Heavy Mobile Artillery, June 26, 
1918, and assigned to duty with the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, 
Motor Transportation Department. He was discharged at Fort Monroe 
December 22, 1918. 

ROBINSON, JOHN K., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force at 
Newport, R. I., May 29, 1917, as a machinist, second class. He was in train- 
ing until October 15, and was then transferred to Base No. 6, Bensonhurst, 
L. I., where he continued his training until November 1 and was sent then 
to Pelham Bay. On December 1 he was transferred to Columbia University, 
New York, to be instructed in gas engines. After completing the course he 
was rerated machinist's mate, first class, and ordered to the Norfolk Navy 
Yard on January 1, 1918, where he was assigned to duty on the U. S. 
Submarine Chaser No. 132. Robinson was transferred to the gas engine 
school. New London, Conn., on duty instructing men in handling gas engines. 
After being stationed at several points for various duties, Robinson was trans- 
ferred to the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., as a member of the Fifth 
Naval Reserve Officers' Training School. He was commissioned ensign 
(engineering) at the completion of the course of six weeks. After the signing 
of the armistice Ensign Robinson was transferred to Philadelphia, and dis- 
charged February 6, 1919. 

ROBBINS, THOMAS N., enlisted in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Na- 
tional Guard Regiment, later the 111th Infantry, 28th Division. He went 
to Camp Hancock, Ga., and with his organization sailed for France May 
4, 1918. In action at Fismes on the Vesle river, he was wounded and sent 
to a base hospital in France, and later to the Carlisle Hospital, No. 31, 
Carlisle, Pa. 

*ROCK, WILLIAM C, enlisted in the Second Officers' Reserve Corps, 
was commissioned second lieutenant at the Engineers Officers' Corps, and 
sent to Camp Lee, Va. Overseas he served in the tank corps, being attached 
to Company A, 310th Heavy Tank Battalion, fighting with the British in the 
Northern battle fields. Near La Haie he was in charge of one of the tanks 
which participated in British operations and after a night of heavy gas 
shelling started out in a dense fog. His compass went out of order, which 
caused him to lose his way ; finally an English officer, a Major Williams, met 
him west of the village of Molain. The Englishman told him that the village 
was full of Germans and asked him whether he could clean it out with his 
tank. Lieutenant Rock immediately turned into the village, entirely cleared 
it of the Germans, thus permitting the British infantry to go forward. He 



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then crossed the Selle river and proceeded up the opposite slope, when his 
tank got stuck in a shell hole. In this situation he was struck with three 
shells, the tank was set on fire and the track was knocked off. Lieutenant 
Rock carried out the wounded men and got them to what little cover there 
was in the vicinity, then turned in an endeavor to put a German machine gun 
out of action with no weapon but a revolver. He was shot in the heart 
and instantly killed. Lieutenant Rock was cited by General Pershing for 
"extraordinary heroism in action." 

RODRIGUEZ, MIGUEL R., enlisted in the Medical Reserve Ambulance 
Corps, and after training in Allentown, Pa., was transferred to The Penn- 
sylvania State College, and then transferred back to Allentown, in the 
Penn State Ambulance Unit, Section 529. He was transferred to Infantry, 
commissioned second lieutenant and sent to Porto Rico. Lieutenant Rodri- 
guez was recalled from the last named place and sent to Camp Taylor, Louis- 
ville, Ky., as an instructor in the 2nd Battery, Artillery School. 

ROHRBACH, WALLACE K., enlisted in the First Ordnance Supply 
Course which was given at The Pennsylvania State College, in May, 1917, and 
in the Ordnance Reserve Corps at Harrisburg, Pa., June 22, 1919. He was 
called into active service July 24, 1917, and ordered to report at Augusta 
Arsenal, Augusta, Ga. August 28, 1917, he was transferred as corporal 
to Camp Sheridan, Ala., and assigned to duty with the 128th Ordnance 
Depot Company. On October 27, 1917, he was appointed Ordnance ser- 
geant and also appointed chief clerk of the accounting division. On January 
10, 1918, he was transferred to the Ordnance Officers' Supply School, Camp 
Meade, Md. March 1, 1918, he was transferred to the University of Pitts- 
burgh, as instructor in the Ordnance Supply School. He remained in this 
position until April 23, 1918, when he was appointed second lieutenant Ord- 
nance Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to duty with the 108th Ordnance 
Depot Company at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O. He was appointed per- 
sonnel officer of this company and had that assignment until July 27, 1918, 
when he was placed in charge of the Ordnance warehouse and magazines 
for this company. On November 10, 1918, received orders to proceed to 
Hoboken, N. J., for overseas' service. He was reassigned to duty with the 
108th Ordnance Depot Company after the armistice was signed. On Jan- 
uary 3, 1919, he was transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., and assigned 
to duty with 139th Ordnance Depot Company. He remained there until 
May 13, 1919, and was discharged from the Army May 13, 1919. 

ROSS, FRANK PLUMMER, was sent to Springfield, Mass., for a course 
on the Lewis machine gun and was commissioned first lieutenant. He was 
sent from there to the Machine Gun School, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock 
Island, 111. Lieutenant Ross was ordered overseas, and after arriving in 
France was sent to the Ordnance Armament School, St. Jean de Monts 
(Vendee). 

ROYER, BAKER, enlisted in the Motor Division, American Expedition- 
ary Force, and was overseas for a year, where he saw actual service at the 
front in various capacities. He was transferred to the Ordnance Depot at 
Calais, France. During the greater part of the time he was brigaded with 
the English forces at the front. 

SARVER, WILLIAM J., was inducted into the military service after 
serving ten days at Camp Lee, Va. He was discharged on account of physical 
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■WALLACE K. ROHRBACH 




EGBERT B. SCHBFPEK 




A. H. SCHNITZBR 




J. D. SCnOFIELD 





H. H. SHAVBE 




W. K. SKILLMAN 



S. S. SCOTT 



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SCHEFFER, R. E., enlisted in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., August 23, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant 
in the Field Artillery Reserve Corps, assigned to duty with the 77th Field 
Artillery at Camp Green, N. C. Here he was attached to the Headquarters' 
Company, and with them sailed for France, May 22, 1918. In France he was 
battalion telephone officer and saw action on the Meuse-Argonne sector, at 
Chateau Thierry and St. Miliiel. After the armistice was signed he was 
ordered to Camp Valdahon as telephone instructor at the Artillery Training 
Camp. 

SCHNITZER, ABRAHAM H., was inducted into the service September 
5, 1917, and was sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to an infantry 
company. After training in infantry for two months he was sent to the 
Photographic School of Military Aeronautics, Langley Field, Va. The photo- 
graphic section sailed for France in January, 1918, and arrived at Brest a week 
later. Schnitzer spent two weeks in the hospital at Blois. After his discharge 
from the hospital he was sent and remained in Paris until the latter part of 
July, 1918, when he was placed in charge of the depot at Tours and pro- 
moted to sergeant. Sergeant Schnitzer returned to the United States on 
January 30, 1919, and was discharged on February 13. 

SCHOFIELD, J. D., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was commissioned second lieutenant, and as- 
signed to the 53rd U. S. Infantry, Regular Army. He was transferred to 
Camp AVadsworth July 7, 1918, and sailed for overseas service. 

SCHROEDER, WALTER CHARLES, served with the United States 
Army in France. 

SCOTT, SAMUEL S., was commissioned first lieutenant, Ordnance Of- 
ficers' Reserve Corps, December 11, 1917, and was assigned to the Gun 
Division, Cannon Section, Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C, January 
2, 1918. On February 1, he was transferred to the Production Division and 
on March 30 he was transferred to the Inspection Division, Cannon Section, 
and designated Army Inspector of Ordnance, at York, Pa. On June 17 he 
was transferred to Bethlehem, Pa., as assistant inspector. Lieutenant Scott 
was transferred to the Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., September 30, where he 
was on duty as assistant to the Army Inspector of Ordnance. On January 
29, 1919, Lieutenant Scott was placed under the control of the Director of 
Arsenals. On March 14 he was made Acting Inspection Officer at Watervliet 
Arsenal. On July 31, 1919, he was discharged at Watervliet Arsenal, but 
was retained there as assistant to Inspection Officer. 

SCULL, ROBERT S., enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, Gun Division, 
December 3, 1917, and was immediately detailed to the American University, 
Washington, D. C., for duty on gas warfare service. He was transferred to 
the Chemical Warfare Service when that service was established, and at the 
time of his discharge, December 16, 1918, held the rank of sergeant, first class. 
Chemical Warfare Service. 

SHAVER, HERBERT HENRY, was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, June 5, 1917, and was sent to Camp Ameri- 
can University, Washington, D. C., for training. Lieutenant Shaver served 
for a time with 106th Engineers, Camp Wheeler, was later assigned to Com- 
pany D, 33rd Engineers, and sent overseas May 10, 1918. Just prior to sailing 



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he was commissioned a first lieutenant. After arriving in France he was 
detached from his company and was in charge of the engineer depot at 
Roanne, France, for four months. From there he was transferred to Pontalier 
on the Franco-Swiss border, where he established an engineer depot and took 
charge of all supplies coming from Switzerland. _ He returned. to the United 
States with his regiment and was discharged June 26, 1919, at Washington, 
D. C. 

SHIPE, PAUL EDGAR, was inducted into service, and assigned to 
Company C, 103rd Engineers, Camp Hancock, Ga., and transferred to Utilities 
Division, Quartermaster's Corps, at the same place. He held the rank of quar- 
termaster sergeant in a construction division. He spent most of his time on 
detached service as an engineer in the construction of barracks, at the canton- 
ment at Camp Hancock, Ga. He was discharged March 22, 1919. 

SHIVERY, GEORGE BURTON, enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course at The Pennsylvania State College, and was transferred to Supply 
School, Rock Island Arsenal, 111., January 10, 1918, as acting sergeant and 
instructor. He was transferred to Headquarters Company, Ordnance Supply 
School, Camp Hancock, Ga., May 10. He was instructor in the school, and 
appointed sergeant June 7. He was transferred to the special training com- 
pany in July, appointed Ordnance Sergeant September 21, 1918. He was made 
military instructor with various companies, and commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps, December 8, 1918. He was dis- 
charged December 28, 1918. 

SHREFFLER, JAMES EDGAR, enlisted in the Third Ordnance Supply 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College, and after completing the course 
was transferred to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., reporting there 
October 26, 1917. After two months' training there, he was transferred as 
ordnance sergeant to Headquarters, Ordnance Department, port of embarka- 
tion, Newport News, Va. In July, 1918, he was transferred to the Ord- 
nance Motor Instruction School at Camp Raritan, Metuchen, N. J. He 
was commissioned in September and acted as military instructor at this 
school for Ordnance officers until discharged January 22, 1919. 

SHUPP, B. A., was commissioned second lieutenant Infantry, after hav- 
ing attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp. He joined Company M, 
316th Infantry, 79th Division, Camp Meade, Md., and later transferred to 
Aviation Section. He went to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 

SIPE, CHARLES A., enlisted in the Ordnance Department July 19, 1917. 
He was made corporal in November, 1917, and sergeant, first class, December 
31, 1917. He was promoted to second lieutenant on August 30, 1918, and 
discharged January 15, 1919. 

SIMLER, DONALD W., entered the Field Artillery Officers' Training 
School January 5, 1918, at Camp Dix, N. J., and in April was made sergeant. 
Battery B, 309th Field Artillery. In May he entered the Field Artillery 
Reserve Division at Camp Jackson,- S. C, as an officer candidate, and on 
June 1, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant. On July 1 he was trans- 
ferred to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., as battery commander. Battery A, 
8th Battalion, Field Artillery Reserve Division. On August 5 he was ordered 
to the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and on August 5 was commissioned first 



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lieutenant. On October 15 he was ordered to Camp Jackson, S. C. He re- 
ceived his discharge December 8, 1918, and was commissioned first lieutenant, 
Field Artillery Reserve Corps, January 21, 1919. 

*SIMPSON, CHARLES E., was one of the first to volunteer in the 10th 
Engineers (Forestry), -when that regiment was organized. He was assigned 
to Company A, and sailed from New York September 10, 1917. On the tenth 
day at sea he became seriously ill, and his case was diagnosed as cerebro-spinal 
meningitis. He was taken to Belvidere, a large hospital for infectious diseases 
in the east of Glasgow, Scotland. He died within twelve hours of landing at the 
Third Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, and the body was buried 
in the British cemetery in the northwest of the city of Glasgow, with British 
military honors, except that the Stars and Stripes replaced the Union Jack 
on the coffin. 

SKILLMAN, WILLIS R., was inducted into the military service Sep- 
tember 19, 1917, and sent to Camp Meade, Md. He was assigned to Company 
E, 304th Ammunition Train. He was then transferred to Company B, 304th 
Military Police, as corporal. He was then transferred to the Ordnance 
Enlisted Corps and attached to 304th Trains Headquarters, 79th Division. 
He embarked for overseas July 10, 1918. He was on headquarters' and mili- 
tary police duty with the 79th Division in Sector 304, in the Argonne offensive, 
September 26 to October 1, in the Rupt-Troyon sector, St. Mihiel front, 
October 8-25, and in the Grand Montagne sector, Argonne-Meuse offensive, 
October 29 to November 11. He was slightly wounded in the Argonne and 
returned to the United States as a convalescent March 20, 1919. He received 
his discharge at Camp Meade, Md., April 17, 1919.. 

SLUTZKER, ARCHIE, enlisted in the service and entered the First 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., in May, 1917. He 
was detailed to Radio Service at Erie, Pa., June 15, 1918. He was assigned 
August 15, 1918, to 10th Field Artillery, Reserve r)ivision, Columbia, S. C. 
He was then permanently assigned to the 18th Division at Camp Travis, San 
Antonio, Tex., in December, 1918. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, 
Tex., February 15, 1919. 

SMITH, ALBERT, JR., was accepted for the First Reserve Officers' 
Camp April 23, 1917, but was advised that the camps were filled. On June 
2 he entered the Marine Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, and was assigned 
to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., August 4. On November 25 he was transferred to 
Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C. He was transferred to the Air Service and 
sent to the School of Aeronautics, Princeton University, N. J., April 27, 1918. 
After completing his course at Princeton he was sent to Scott Field, Bellville, 
111., May 18. He was commissioned second lieutenant July 5, and- sent to 
Kelly Field, Dallas, Texas, as instructor. He received his discharge January 
4, 1919. 

SMITH, CHARLES R., enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Oregon Engineers, 
Company B, at Camp Lewis, Oregon, and was sent to Camp Greene, Char- 
lotte, S. C. This battalion was reorganized as the 1st Battalion, 716th Engi- 
neers, and sent to Camp Mills, Mineola, N. Y. On November 25 the division 
left the United States and arrived at St. Nazaire, France, December 10. On 
December 22 Smith was detached to the French for construction work, and on 
January 16, 1918, returned to his old command. From February 6 to March 
9 he attended the Army Engineers' School for Observation and Sound Rang- 



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ing at Fort de St. Menge, and left for the front upon completing the course. 
From March 9 until January 24, 1919, he was on observation duty at many 
points near the front, and detailed on special duty at various posts on several 
fronts. From January 24 to April 13, 1919, he was at Base Hospital No. 216, 
Nantes, recuperating from an old wound. He was made corporal February 1, 
1918. Corporal Smith participated in the following battles : April 20-21, l9l8, 
Seicheprey ; June 15-18, Xivray, and September 12-20, St. Mihiel drive. On 
April 13, 1919, the division entrained at St. Nazaire, and left the port the next 
day. The division arrived at Newport News, Va., on April 25. Corporal 
Smith was discharged from the service on May 13, 1919. 

SMITH, H. M., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp in August, 
1917, and in the same month was commissioned first lieutenant. Infantry. 
In January he was promoted captain, attached to 314th Infantry, Camp 
Meade, Md., and with them served overseas. He was wounded in action 
September 26, 1918, after having personally led his company. Although 
seriously wounded he walked to the Field Dressing Station in order that 
some of his men might be carried. He was cited in General Orders for 
extraordinary heroism near Malancourt, September 26, 1918, and has been 
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre, with 
silver star, of the French Army. 

SMOLEY, NICHOLAS GEORGE, enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course at The Pennsylvania State College, in December, 1917, completing 
the course at State College, he was transferred to the Ordnance Detachment, 
Watertown Arsenal, Mass., and then to Camp Mills, L. I. From Camp Mills, 
he was transferred to the Officers' Training School at Aberdeen, Proving 
Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland, where he won the commission of second 
lieutenant. He was discharged in December, 1918. 

SMYTH, CLARENCE HOFER, enlisted in the United States Army and 
was commissioned second lieutenant, at Camp Lee, Va. 

SNIVELY, RICHARD TRITLE, enlisted in the service and was as- 
signed to the 19th United States Engineers, with which organization he served 
overseas. 

SNYDER, FLOYD WILLIAM, enlisted in the U. S. Army and trained 
in the Sixth Ordnance Supply Course at The Pennsylvania State College. 
After he completed the course at State College he was transferred to the 
Ordnance Training School, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. 

SNYDER, PAUL, entered the service July 15, 1918, at Lehigh University, 
and took a short course in road construction at that university. He was sent 
to Camp Green, N. C, September 10, and promoted to sergeant, Quarter- 
master's Corps, September 19. He sailed for France September 30, from 
Camp Merritt, N. J., and after arriving in France was stationed at Camp St. 
Sulpice as convoy sergeant for six months. He was detailed to England on 
April 4, 1919, as a student at the University of Sheffield, where he pursued a 
course in the study of steel. He sailed from Liverpool via Brest on June 26, 
and arrived in the United States July 3, as a member of the Brest Casual 
Company 2211. He received his discharge July 18, 1919. 

SOFIANOS, L. S., served with the 17th Field Hospital Company and 
later was transferred to the 14th Field Hospital Company with which organ- 



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ization he was veterinary, and was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga. Later he served overseas with tliat unit. 

SOLTERO, AUGUSTO RAFAEL, enlisted in the U. S. Army and 
trained at San Juan, Porto Rico. He was commissioned first lieutenant, and 
assigned to the 375th Infantry, National Army, Camp Las Cases, San Juan, 
Porto Rico. 

SPAYD, PAUL RAY, enlisted in the U. S. Army and was assigned to 
Headquarters' Detachment, 30Sth Field Signal Brigade, Camp Lee, Va. He 
was then transferred to Company C of the same organization. He was pro- 
moted to sergeant, sergeant first class, and master signal electrician. He 
later passed examinations for pilot in the Air Service and was assigned to 
the School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University, from where he was 
graduated October 12, 1918. He was then assigned to Aviation Concentration 
Camp, Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., and discharged at Arcadia, Cal., December 
11, 1918. 

SPRANGEL, JOHN FISHER, was commissioned ensign in the Naval 
Reserve Force in May, 1918. He received temporary commission in the Navy 
for engineering duty and made one trip overseas with the convoy. 

STAHL, ARTHUR F., entered the second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 25, 1917, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Field Artillery Reserve Corps, November 27, 1917. He was then 
ordered to the 87th Division, Camp Pike, Ark., and assigned to Battery F, 
334th Field Artillery, with which organization he served until May 23, 1918. 
He was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C-, and assigned to 1st Regiment, 
Field Artillery Replacement Depot, May 23, 1918. He was personnel adjutant 
of the Regiment until October 1, 1918. On July 12, 1918, he was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Field Artillery, and transferred to 14th Regiment, Field Ar- 
tillery Reserve Depot, as Personnel Adjutant, October 1, 1919. Lieutenant 
Stahl was discharged on January 6, 1919, and commissioned first lieutenant, 
Field Artillery Reserve Corps, April 2, 1919. 

STEPHENS, OSCAR R., enlisted at Binghamton, N. Y., and was sent 
to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., as a member of 
the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, where he remained nineteen months. 
He was made a private, first class, shortly after entering the corps. He 
received his discharge July 9, 1919. 

STEINER, DURBIN HARNISH, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and not being commissioned, he en- 
listed in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, and was stationed at Kelly 
Field, Tex. He was transferred to Garden City, L. I., and sailed for France 
in August, 1918, where he was attached to the 3rd Photographic Section, 
Air Service, being rated as chief draftsman. He served along the Swiss 
frontier, and St. Mihiel, and Verdun sectors until the armistice. In January, 
1919, he was moved up into Army of Occupation with headquarters at Sinzig, 
Rhine. He sailed for the United States from Marseilles, and was discharged 
on the Hazelhurst Aviation Field on July 1, 1919. 

STERRITT, WILLIAM COOPER, enlisted November 5, 1917, in the 
Air Service. He trained one year in Texas, and graduated as flying cadet in 
the ground school at the University of California. He was discharged from 
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STEVENS, ARNOLD J., enlisted January 14, 1918, in the Ordnance 
Corps as electrical engineer, Camp Dodge, Iowa, and sailed for France the 
following February. Here he was commissioned second lieutenant, stationed 
with Depot No. 9, American Expeditionary Force. 

SWICK, HAROLD I., was commissioned second lieutenant after having 
attended the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was attached to 
Company C, 165th Brigade, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Tex. Lieutenant 
Swick and three non-commissioned officers gave instruction in jiu-jitsu at 
Dayton Field, where he was attached to the 807th Aero Squadron. 

TAYLOR, CLARENCE ELLSWORTH, enlisted in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force on December 8, 1917, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and was 
dispatched to the 52nd Street Armory for training. He was detailed to the 
training laboratories of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on searchlight duty. On 
January 3, 1918, he was detailed to the Arma Engineering Co., New York City, 
for the inspection of high intensity anti-aircraft searchlights, where he re- 
mained until January 16. On this date he was placed on inactive duty. 
Taylor's rank during his period of service was chief electrician (general). 

TEAS, LIVINGSTONE PIERSON, after induction into the Army in 
May, 1918, was assigned to Company E, Ordnance Supply School, Camp 
Hancock, Ga., but was later transferred to the Ordnance Machine Gun School 
at the same place. After completing the training there he was assigned to 
Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J., where he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Ordnance. Lieutenant Teas was then transferred to the Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md., where he remained until his discharge 
in April, 1919. 

TOWSEN, JAMES W., entered the service at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 
12, 1917. He was graduated from the 4th Provisional Training Regiment 
there August 15, 1917, as a second lieutenant. Cavalry, and reported at Camp 
Meade, August 29, 1917. At Camp Meade he was assigned to the 313th 
Infantry, Company D, in which company he served during the war. He was 
at Camp Meade until June, 1918, at which time he embarked for overseas to 
attend a month's course in tactics at the First Corps School at Gondrecourt, 
France. He was in reserve at the St. Mihiel drive, but was not put in. The 
313th Infantry, in the lines opposite Montfaucon, started the September 26 
drive known as the Meuse-Argonne. Lieutenant Townsen was wounded 
September 29, 1918. During the drive he was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant, and afterward received a divisional citation from the command- 
ing general. He was in the Mobile Hospital No. 2, back of the lines, and 
Base Hospital No. 50, Meves-sur-Bulcy, Base Hospital No. 44, Pougues-les- 
Eaux, Base Hospital No. 67, Meves-sur-Bulcy, and then at Base Hospital 
No. 65 at Brest. After arriving in the United States he was sent to Debark- 
ation Hospital No. 5, New York, and the remainder of the time, from February 
until discharged, August 29, 1919, he was at General Hospital No. 2, Fort 
McHenry, Baltimore, Md. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

TURNER, LEE, enlisted May, 1916, in the artillery and as corporal 
Battery F, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, was stationed at El Paso, Texas. He 
was promoted to sergeant in August, 1916, and in 1917 was transferred 
to the 109th Field Artillery which was located at Camp Hancock, Ga., until 
April, 1918. With the advanced detail of the 28th Division he sailed on 
April 28 for France, landing at Bordeaux May 12. Here he was de- 



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tached from the regiment and attended the school of fire at La Valdahon, 
France. Completing this on July 15 he rejoined the regiment and entered 
battle with the 28th Division on the Marne, participating also in the battles 
of the Ourcq and Vesle. He was wounded on August 24, but rejoined 
the regiment in the Argonne. On September 22, promotion to second 
lieutenant was received with assignment to Battery F, 109th Field Artillery. 
On October 4 Lieutenant Turner was assigned to Headquarters of the 1st 
Army and in December was transferred to a replacement regiment at La 
Courneau as Summary Court-Martial Officer. From March to July, 1919, 
Lieut. Turner attended the University of Lyon and on July 30 arrived in 
the United States from Brest. He was discharged from the service August 12 
with the rank of first lieutenant in the Reserve Corps, Field Artillery. 

WALLACE, H. JAY, enlisted in the Aerial Photographic Section, Air 
Service, April 26, 1918, and was in training at Madison Barracks, N. Y., until 
September 17, 1918. Upon completion of his course he was graded as first 
class sergeant, and was ordered to the Army Balloon School at Lee Hall, Va., 
and placed in charge of Aerial Photographic Section No. 59. He remained at 
this station until he received his discharge on June 2, 1919. 

From May 12 to July 23, 1917, Sergeant Wallace was in training at Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, and was discharged 
on account of defective eyesight. He was rejected by the Ambulance Corps, 
Engineer Corps, and by the draft for the same defect. 

WALTON, WILLIAM BURCHFIELD, attended the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara. N. Y., and after serving a short time 
was discharged on account of physical disability. 

WARD, HAROLD W., enlisted August 27, 1917, and was stationed at 
Rock Island Arsenal, 111., from October 29 until December 15, 1917, and at the 
Big Point General Ordnance Depot, Big Point, Va., from January 29 until 
February 28, 1919. His rank was Ordnance Sergeant. He was discharged 
February 28, 1919. 

WARDON, J. B., enlisted in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

WATKINS, THOMAS B., served as Corporal in Company A, 15th U. S. 
Engineers, one of the first regiments to go overseas. Corporal Watkins 
sailed on the English Transport "Baiter" July 9, 1917, from New York with 
his regiment. Disembarkation took place in England July 20 and the regi- 
ment was taken for six days to a camp about 40 miles oustide of London. A 
night trip was made to Le Havre on July 26 and to Vierzon on the 28th. 
There, the regiment was split into detachments that were sent to many 
different points in France doing the first of the construction necessary for 
the American troops. After nineteen months of uninterrupted work the 
regiment returned to the United States on April 28, 1919, taken to Camp 
Upton and discharged May 15. 

WATSON, JAMES A., served as corporal with Company A, 15th Engi- 
neers, American Expeditionary Force, and as sergeant with the same organ- 
ization. He trained at Aldershot, with the British troops, and was sent to 
Brittany, thence on a barracks construction trip until he reached Tours. From 
here he was transferred to Chaumont, detailed for duty at an ammunition 
depot. In July he served in Marne constructing hospital barracks until Sep- 
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WEAVER, THOMAS WILSON, enlisted in U. S. Regular Army June 
7, 1917, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind., June 9, 1917. He was assigned to Ambulance Company No. 14. He was 
made supply sergeant of his company on July 23, 1917, and was transferred 
with the Company to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., November 27, 
1917. He then attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga., from January until April, 1918. He resigned at the end of the 
camp to take charge of the Replacement Camp Post Office at Oglethorpe, Ga., 
with the rank of sergeant, first class. He remained in this position until he 
was discharged on January 25, 1919. 

WEBER, CLIFFORD W., enlisted in the Ordnance Department at 
Washington, D. C, December IS, 1917, and was transferred overseas March 

22, 1918. He was assigned to Design Section, Ordnance Department, April 

23, 1918. He returned to the United States May 5, 1919, and was discharged 
at Camp Meade, Md., May 15, 1919. 

WELSH, WILLIAM THOMAS, entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., 
October 4, 1917, and was made sergeant in December, 1917. He was then 
sent to the motor school at Kenosha, Wis., December 9, 1917. He was 
returned to Camp Lee, January 15, 1917. On May 26, 1917, he embarked 
for overseas duty with Company C, 305th Ammunition Train, 80th Division, 
and arrived at Bordeaux, France, June 8, 1917. He was sent to the Gas 
Defense School, Langdon, France, where he remained until August 1-9, 1917. 
He was then ordered to Camp Meucon with the 15Sth Artillery Brigade train- 
ing for regimental gas offic€r for 305th Ammunition Train. On September 
11th the 305th Ammunition Train departed for the front in the Verdun sector. 

WETHERALD, ROBERT PARKER, entered the First Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y. He was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, ordered to Camp Dix, N. J., where he reported 
August 29, 1917, and assigned to Battery B, 308th Field Artillery, 78th 
Division. He was promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to Head- 
quarters Staff, 153rd Field Artillery Brigade, 78th Division, and served 
overseas with this organization. He was sent to the School of Aerial 
Observation, Fort Sill, Okla., March 23, 1918, for instruction as artillery 
aerial observer. He returned to Camp Dix, N. J., May 7, 1918, for em- 
barkation. May 26, 1918. He was in the training camp at Mencon, France, 
June 12 to August 17, 1918. The 78th Division in support of the 153rd 
Field Artillery Brigade, 90th Division, relieved the First Division in the Haye 
sector of the St. Mihiel salient, August 25, 1918, and in the St. Mihiel 
offensive, September 12-16, 1918. The 78th was relieved October 4, 1918, and 
moved into the north of the Argonne, taking over the sector of the 77th Di- 
vision in front of Grand Pre, October 18, 1918. He was in the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, October 18 to November 9, 1918. On March 26, 1919, he embarked 
for the United States at Marseilles, France, and received his discharge at 
Camp Dix, N. J., May 24, 1919. 

WHITBY, JOHN F., entered the Ordnance Store Course at The Penn- 
sylvania State College in January, 1918, and went through a six-weeks' train- 
ing. On April 29, 1918, he was sent to Camp Meade, Md., and assigned to 
Company F, 315th Infantry, 79th Division. He was transferred to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., and placed in the Ordnance Department. On July 31, 1918, he 
left for overseas, and landed at Brest, France, August 12. He left France on 



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July 3, 1919, and arrived in the United States July 15. He received his 
discharge July 24, 1919. 

WHITE, WILLIAM H., was inducted into the service on September 
18, 1917, and assigned to Company B, Mounted Military Police, 86th Division, 
Camp Grant, 111. On October 15, 1917, he was transferred to the Chemical 
Warfare Service, with headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa. In April, 1918, 
he was transferred to Long Island City in the same division, and appointed 
sergeant in charge of the cannister testing laboratory. On September 9, 
he was promoted to the rank of master engineer, junior grade. He re- 
mained in charge of the laboratory at Long Island City, until December, 
1918, when the Laboratory was dismantled. He was honorably discharged 
at Camp Grant, 111., on January 24, 1919. 

WILHELM, JOHN J., enlisted August 6, 1917, in the Coast Artillery 
Corps. He was sent to Fort Monroe, Va., where on August 20 he entered 
the three months' emergency course at the Coast Artillery School. On 
December 5, 1917, he was given the rank of master gunner. On January 4, 
1918, he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., and ordered back to Fort Monroe, on 
April 24, reporting to the artillery engineer for duty. On September 25, he 
was commissioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, and assigned as 
an instructor in the Coast Artillery School, where he remained until dis- 
charged December 6, 1918. 

WILLARD, R. M., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant and ordered to 
Camp Meade, Md., to Company B, 315th Infantry. In September, 1917, he 
was detailed Exchange Officer. Then he was transferred to Headquarters' 
Company, of the same regiment. In January, 1918, he was sent to Fort Sill, 
Okla., to the School of Arms. AVith his regiment he went overseas and 
was wounded at the Argonne offensive, September 26, 1918. 

WILLIAMS, BLAKE EARL, enlisted in May, 1917, was appointed cor- 
poral in Company B, 5th Regiment, Reserve Engineers. He was transferred 
to reserve on May 30, 1917, and recalled on May 30, 1917. In June, 1918, he 
sailed with the 29th Engineers. After arriving in France he was sent to the 
flash and sound school at Langres. In August he was moved to the front with 
a general intelligence corps. He was gassed on October 5, 1918, and sent to 
the base hospital, Nantes. He left the hospital in January, 1919, to rejoin his 
regiment. On February 24, 1919, he embarked for the United States. He 
received his discharge March 24, 1919. 

WILLIAMS, HAROLD BRISBIN, enlisted in the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, Julv, 1917, at State College, Pa., and was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, 
Rock island, 111., for two months. He was transferred to Camp Dodge, Des 
Moines, Iowa, for two months, and then to Camp Meade, Md., where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant, February, 1918. He was then transferred 
to Springfield Arsenal, Mass., where he attended the Machine Gun School 
for two months. He was then sent to Wilbur AA'right Aviation Field, Ohio, 
and assigned to the Aircraft Armament School. He sailed for France in June, 
1918, where he served with the 11th Aero Squadron, and also with the 138th 
Aero Squadron. He was with the Army of Occupation and was stationed at 
Coblenz, Germany. 

WILSON, JAMES SHARP, enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit, 
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WILSON, ROBERT HENRY, served in the Ambulance Unit, No. 4, 
Camp Hancock, Ga., with Ambulance Unit 112, Sanitary Train 103, 28th Di- 
vision, and later was sergeant with the Headquarters' Company, Ambulance 
Section, 103rd Sanitary Train, 28th Division, serving overseas with the Ameri- 
can Expeditionary Force. 

WYLIE, HAROLD J., served with the Ordnance Department in France. 

WYROUGH, CLEMENT J., entered the Enlisted Ordnance Reserve 
Corps at Watervliet Arsenal, \^'atervliet, N. J., on July 31, 1917. He left the 
arsenal on November 26, and sailed for overseas on the same day. After 
arriving at St. Nazaire, France, he was sent to Devers, where he was on 
storehouse duty. On December 27, he was sent to Gievres, where he was 
engaged in construction work until January 8, 1918. He was then transferred 
to the Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop of the First Division at Montier-sur- 
Saulx. He left Montier with this organization on January 22, 1918, and moved 
on to Traussey. On February 6 he proceeded to the front in the Toul sector, 
where the shop was engaged in repairing and replacing artillery and small 
arms. On March 1, 1918, Wyrough was transferred to the 26th Division in the 
same line of duty at Soissons. He remained with this division until the signing 
of the armistice. After the armistice was signed he was engaged in general 
training until April 6, 1919, when he sailed for the United States. He arrived 
at Boston and was sent to Camp Devens, Mass. He received his discharge 
from the service on April 29, 1919, as sergeant. 

YODER, CHAUNCEY L., was inducted into the service November 3, 

1917, and was assigned to Company 11, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, 
Md. On January 6, 1918, he was made corporal, and on June 7 sergeant. He 
was transferred to the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp 
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., on September 8, 1918. On December 20, 

1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery Reserve Corps. 

ZIEGLER, PHILIP WANNER, served in the Ordnance Department, 
U. S. Cartridge Company, at Lowell, Mass. 

^ZIMMERMAN, HOMER D., enlisted and was sent to France. While 
there he was taken by the influenza which caused his death. 

ZINK, JOHN DAVID, enlisted in Company 6, Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the 4th Company and detailed instructor. He was promoted to captain with 
the Tank Corps, and went to France with the American Peace Commission. 
He was discharged at Camp Meade, Md. 

1917 

*ACHESON, WILLIAM CHALMERS, entered the officers' training 
school at Fort Oglethorpe in August, 1917, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. He was sent to Camp Gordon where he trained machine gunners 
and went overseas on May 20, 1918. 

Acheson commanded Company A, 320th Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd 
Division, and was sent to the Argonne-Meuse front. Company A was 
ordered "over the top" on the morning of October 14 near St. Juvin on the 
Aire river. With his platoon, Lieutenant Acheson captured twenty-eight 
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twenty-five yards away he saw it was occupied by enemy gunners. He 
emptied his pistol at them and ordered up his guns which were mounted 
about 100 yards from this woods. The men were slow to locate the Ger- 
mans, so he got down to the gun himself and opened fire. Almost surrounded 
by Boches, and a striking target, his entire gun squad was either killed or 
wounded. He was buried nearby on Oct. 16tli. 

For valor, Lieutenant Acheson was awarded the Distinguished Service 
Cross, posthumously. His father received the following statement from the 
Government: "This office has been advised by the Commanding General, 
A. E. F., that he has awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously 
to your son, William Chalmers Acheson, late 2nd lieutenant, 320th Machine 
Gun Battalion, for extraordinary heroism in action in Europe." 

ADAMS, R. J., completed the First Ordnance Course at The Pennsylvania 
State College in June, 1917, and in August of the same year was sent to Rock 
Island Arsenal, 111. In November he received the warrant of Ordnance ser- 
geant, and was made Ordnance instructor at the arsenal. On June 12, 1918, 
he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he was assigned to 1st Com- 
pany, 6th Battalion, 1st Regiment, Service of Supply. In August, 1918, Ser- 
geant Adams was transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, 
Md., where he received training in artillery and trench warfare. Later he 
was transferred to the Engineering Corps. 

ALBUS, W. R., entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Chatta- 
nooga, Tenn., September 8, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Lieutenant Albus was recommended for gallantry in action during the en- 
gagement around Cierges, northeast of Montfaucon, from October 4, 1918, 
for about twelve days. Lieutenant Albus was battalion gas officer in the 
Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. Lieutenant 
Albus was attached to the 76th Field Artillery, Third Division. 

ALLEN, H. F., was inducted into the service February 27, 1918, at Wil- 
kinsburg. Pa., and assigned to the 13th Company, 155th Depot Brigade. On 
April 1 he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he joined Company 
I, 109th Infantry, 28th Division. He sailed May 3, 1918, to England, whence 
he crossed the Channel to Calais, May 22, 1918, and trained under the English 
at Becourt, France. He moved to the front from Montmirail on July 4, and 
was with his division at Chateau Thierry. In August, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to the Supply Company of the 109th Infantry, 28th Division, and took 
part in the following engagements : the second Battle of the Marne, the 
Ourcq, the Vesle river, the Meuse-Argonne offensive (September 25 to Oc- 
tober 9, 1918), Haumont. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., May 16, 
1919, with the rank of first class private. 

AMTHOR, FRANKLYN RYDER, saw service on the border, during 
trouble with Mexico, as a private, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, and as a private 
and corporal. Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Field Signal Corps Battalion. 
At the outbreak of the World War he was commissioned first lieutenant. 
Signal Corps, and ordered to active duty at Harrisburg, Pa., with orders 
to recruit a field battalion. Signal Reserve Corps. He was ordered to 
Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., July, 1917, where he became successsively student 
officer instructor, company commander, and adjutant in the officers' training 
battalion at that camp. He also served as judge advocate of special and 
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assigned to the command of Company F, 12th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, 
with overseas' orders November 30, 1918. However, after a short period on 
the Headquarters' Staff he was transferred to General Hospital No. 39, Long 
Beach, Long Island, N. Y., as head of the technical educational service for 
wounded soldiers. A month later he was assigned the same post at Base 
Hospital, Camp Dix, N. J., and held that position until July, 1919. He 
was then transferred to Washington, D. C, in the office of the Surgeon General 
where he served for three months as acting chief of educational service 
throughout the United States. Amthor received the following commissions, 
first lieutenant, Signal Reserve Corps, June 23, 1917, to August 1, 1918; 
Captain Signal Corps (temporary), August 1, 1918, to September 10, 1919; 
major, Signal Corps (temporary), September 10, 1919. 

ARNDT, FRANKLIN TAYLOR, entered the first Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and after completing the course 
returned to civil life. He attended the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
after which he was sent overseas to the Saumur Artillery School, Saumur, 
France. He was commissioned lieutenant and assigned to the 8th Field 
Artillery. 

ASH, HARRY WILSON, entered the U. S. Army, and was assigned to 
Company I, 56th Pioneer Infantry, at Camp AVadsworth, S. C. He sailed 
for France September 3, 1918, and was in the Meuse-Argonne offensive from 
October 6 to November 11. He marched 120 miles into Germany, being 
stationed near Coblenz from December 4, 1918, to April 15, 1919. He came 
home by way of Marseilles, and was mustered out of the service May 19, 1919. 

ASHBROOK, SAMUEL FAHS, enlisted in the Navy, and was assigned 
to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J. Here he was appointed chief 
petty officer. 

BAKER, WALTER LEE, enlisted in the U. S. Army, and was assigned 
to Company D, 30th Engineers, Camp American University, Washington, D. C. 

BARBER, ELBERT GAYLORD, JR., enlisted in the U. S. Navy, at Salt 
Lake City, was sent to the Naval Training Station at San Diego, Cal., and 
transferred to the Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for ground school training. From here he 
went to the Goodyear Flying Field, Akron, O., for training in free ballooning, 
kites, and dirigibles. He was commissioned ensign and assigned to the Naval 
Air Station, Rockaway Beach, N. Y. Here his duties were to convoy and 
patrol outside Ncav York harbor in observation balloons. 

BARBER, WILLARD H., enlisted September 13, 1917, in Company A, 
5th Nebraska Infantry, which later became the 134th Infantry, 34th Division. 
After promotion to corporal at Camp Cody, N. M., October 1, 1917, he at- 
tended the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Leon Springs, Tex. He 
returned to the 134th Division, was promoted to sergeant, and transferred 
to the 53rd Company, 165th Depot Brigade, at Camp Travis, Tex., where he 
awaited assignment as chemist. He served as drill sergeant for five months, 
when he was transferred to Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md., where on 
December 20, 1918, he was discharged. 

BARCLAY, GEORGE SIDNEY, attended the Second Ordnance Supply 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College, and after completing the course 
was sent to the Ordnance Corps at Edgewood, Md., where he was appointed 



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sergeant. July 1, 1918, he became first class sergeant, and was transferred to 
the Chemical Warfare Service at the Edgewood Arsenal. He was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, and in August, 1918, sent to Hastings Plant, Edge- 
wood Arsenal, Hastings-On-Hudson, N. Y. Here he served as property 
officer until March 5, 1919, when he received his discharge. 

BARKLEY, FRANK M., enlisted at Washington Barracks, Washington, 
D. C, September 18, 1917, and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he 
joined the UOth Infantry, 28th Division. In December he was promoted to 
corporal, and in April, 1918, went with his regiment to Camp Merritt, N. ]., 
to sail for France. He was engaged in the Ourcq river fight, Sergy Hill, 
and on August 2 was wounded and sent to hospital at Brest, where he 
stayed until November 13, when he sailed for home. He was kept at the 
Greenhut Embarkation Hospital and the falter Reed Hospital, Washington, 
D. C, until March 14, 1919, when he was discharged. 

BARR, HAROLD A., was inducted into the service September 16, 1918, 
as private in the Chemical Warfare Service. Until December 7 of the same 
year he served at the "mustard oil" plant, with Company H, 3d Battalion, at 
the Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. 

BATTEN, LEIGHTON MERRIMAN, was inducted into the service 
and assigned to Company L, 311th Infantry, at Camp Dix, N. J. Later he 
was transferred to the Aviation School at Princeton, N. J. 

BARTLETT, JAMES MONROE, enlisted in the U. S. Army and was 
assigned to Company M, 56th Pioneer Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and 
served overseas with the same organization. He was appointed corporal, and 
assigned to the School Detachment. He was in the Verdun sector from 
October 1 to November 11, 1918. From December 8, 1918, to March 2, 1919, 
he was stationed at Trier, Germany, as a member of the Third Army. After 
the signing of the armistice he was a student at Grenoble University, Grenoble, 
France, until July 8, 1919, when he sailed for home, and was discharged 
at Camp Mills, L. I., July 24, 1919. 

BENDER, MERLE GATES, served as private in the mustering office at 
Camp Lee, Va. 

BENTHAM, LEROY CORNELIUS, enlisted in the Fourth Infantry 
Officers' Training School, at Camp Custer, Mich. He was accepted for the 
quota assigned to the Machine Gun Officers' Training School, at Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., where he was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the 
9th Machine Gun Training Company. From here he was transferred to the 
95th Division, Camp Sherman, O., where he was assigned to the Machine 
Gun Company of the 379th Infantry. 

BLACKMAN, DANIEL, after completing the first Ordnance Supply 
Course ofl:'ered at The Pennsylvania State College, enlisted in the Ordnance 
Department, at Washington, D. C. In September, 1918, he was transferred to 
Camp Hancock, Ga., and in October was sent overseas, where he served in 
Brest, Marseilles and Miramail. In July, 1919, he returned to the United 
States, where he was stationed at the U. S. General Hospitals at Camp Otis, 
N. Y., and Camp Dix, N. J. In October, 1919, he was transferred to Denver, 
Col., where he was stationed at U. S. General Hospital No. 21. 



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BLYTH, DON DUNCAN, enlisted in Engineers' Corps, and served as 
sergeant three months with Company M, 4th Engineers, at Camp Humphreys, 
Va. He was assigned to the Engineer Officers' Training School, at Camp 
Lee, Va., transferred to Camp Humphreys, and commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. He was attached to the Officers' Training School as bayonet in- 
structor, then assigned to Company B, 3rd Engineers, at Camp Humphreys, 
as commanding officer, and later detailed on special duty as instructor in the 
Pontoon School. After the armistice was signed, he served as discharging 
officer, and was discharged from the service February 15, 1919. 

BOHN, RICHARD AKE, enrolled in the Naval Reserve force in Decem- 
ber, 1917, and spent some time in the naval operating base at Norfolk, Va. 
He was transferred to the Officer Material School there, and after having 
received his rating as ensign, was ordered to New London, Conn., for subma- 
rine-chaser duty. As Executive Officer of the Submarine-chaser 111, he made 
the trans-Atlantic trip with a fleet of chasers, and returned in charge of the 
same ship. 

BOYCE, WALTER HENRY, entered the service in Company C, Ma- 
chine Gun Battalion 305, and was then transferred, in April, 1918, to the 814th 
Depot Aero Squadron. In May, 1918, he was appointed senior inspector of 
aeroplanes and aeroplane engines. 

BOYER, WILLIAM WALTER, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., was commissioned first lieutenant, and 
assigned to the 55th Artillery, 7th Advance Artillery sector, France. 

BRADBURY, RICHARD CHAPMAN, enlisted, and attended the Third 
Officers' Training Camp. He attended the Saumur Artillery School, Saumur, 
France, was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, and sent to the 
Heavy Artillery School. After finishing the course here, he joined the 60th 
Coast Artillery Regiment, with which organization he remained until dis- 
charged, February 25, 1919. 

BRADY, FRANCIS McBRIDE, was commissioned second lieutenant, 
and served in France with the Engineers. 

BRERETON, FRANCIS, enlisted in the Medical Corps, Ambulance 
Company No. 310, 78th Division, at Camp Dix, N. J. Here he became orderly 
to the Division Commanding General, and was promoted to corporal. 

BRIGHT, RICHARD THATCHER, received his commission as second 
lieutenant of Field Artillery at Plattsburg, and served overseas with Battery 
B, 309th Field Artillery. While in France he was promoted to first lieutenant. 

BROSIUS, WILLIAM GEORGE, served as musician with the 15th 
Infantry Band in France. 

BURNS, LEROY WILSON, served as pilot in the Air Service, at Rock- 
well Field, San Diego, Cal. 

BYERS, RUSSELL C, entered the service at Camp Meade, Md., No- 
vember 11, 1917, and was assigned to the 23rd Engineers, 79th Division. He 
was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion. Overseas his company was 
detailed to bridge construction and later to road repairing at Dun-Sur-Meuse 



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K. A. BOHN 




RUSSELL C. BTERS 




P. M. BBBBETON 




ROT E COOMBS 





MBRMN DAVIS 




DAVID H. DIEHL 



DONALD S. CRTDBR 



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and Rolampont. On July 7, 1919, after a ten-day wait at Brest, the com- 
pany sailed for home on the English Transport "Plattsburg" and a week 
later arrived at Hoboken. Demobilization took place at Camp Mills and 
Private Byers received his discharge July 21, 1919, at Camp Dix. 

CEADOR, JOSEPH, JR., entered the Navy and was stationed at Pier 
19, North Wharves, Philadelphia. Later he was sent to Annapolis, and com- 
pleted a course in marine engines. He was commissioned ensign, and served 
at the submarine base at New London, Conn. 

CHAMBERS, ALEXANDER ROBINSON, enlisted in the Heavy Coast 
Artillery, Pittsburgh, Pa., June, 1918. He was sent to Fort Monroe, Va., 
attached to the 17th Company, Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay, and later 
transferred to the Officers' Training School, Heavy Coast Artillery, Va. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant, attended the Officers' Motor Trans- 
portation School, and was discharged November 23, 1918. 

CHAPMAN, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, JR., enlisted in the 1st Regular 
Engineers' Field Train at Washington, D. C, June, 1917. He was promoted 
from corporal to sergeant, first class, during his service overseas. He served 
with the Second British Army for five months, and with the Fifth French 
Army for four months. With the British he was in the engagements at 
Bapaume, Paschendaele, Hazebrucke, and the Fourth Battle of the Marne. 
He was with the Americans at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Montdidier- 
Noyon. He escaped from a German prison camp, and after spending some 
time in a French hospital, was discharged in December, 1918. 

CHAPIN, EDWARD DAVID, entered the service with the Naval Re- 
serves at Wissahickon Barracks, N. J., and was transferred to the Naval 
Aviation School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 
He took the Inspectors' Course, was sent to Buffalo, N. Y., and was com- 
missioned ensign. 

CLARK, RUSSELL SANFORD, enlisted in the Navy as first class fire- 
man. Later he became machinist's mate, first class, and served on Admiral 
Winslow's flag ship, the "Aloha." In July, 1918, he was transferred to the 
U. S. N. Steam Engineering School, was stationed at Pelham Bay Training 
Station, and from there was sent to Stevens Institute. From October 8, 1918, 
to December 22, 1918, he served as warrant machinist on U. S. S. "El Occi- 
dente" and as ensign engineer officer on U. S. S. "Tanamo" from February 
12, 1919, to April 24, 1919. On April 29, 1919, he was transferred to the 
Transport U. S. S. "Minnesota," and released from active duty August 22, 
1919. Later Mr. Clark was in the merchant marine service. 

CLAXTON, CHARLES, JR., enlisted December, 1917, at Knoxville, 
Tenn., with the Engineer Depot Detachment, 30th Division, and was sent 
to Camp Sevier, S. C. He was transferred to the 105th Pioneer Engineers, 
and sent to Washington Barracks, D. C, for special instruction in army 
photography. He was promoted to sergeant, first class, and in April was 
sent, with a small detachment, to France, in advance of his regiment. He 
attended the 2nd Corps Engineers' School at Chatillon-sur-Seine for special 
instruction in pioneer engineering. He rejoined the 105th Engineers at Ypres, 
and with the British, Scotch, and Canadians, served in this sector until 
September. He was promoted master engineer, senior grade, in command of 
the 2nd platoon. Company C. With his division, he was in the Cambrai-St. 



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Queiitin drive, and when the armistice was signed, he was detached from his 
command, and ordered to Chatillon-sur-Seine as instructor in the Engineers' 
School. In March he was released from duty at school, with his regiment 
sailed for home, and in April was discharged at Camp Jackson, S. C. 

COLCLESSER, RICHARD YERKES, enlisted in the 25th Engineers at 
Camp Devens, Ayer, ]\Iass. 

COLEMAN, H. T., after completing the Ordnance Supply Course at State 
College, enlisted in the Ordnance Department, at Rock Island Arsenal, 111., 
and was sent to Camp Lewis, Washington, where he joined the 116th Ord- 
nance Depot Company, January 28, 1918. He was made a sergeant of Ord- 
nance, sent to Camp Fremont, Cal., and sailed from San Francisco for Siberia, 
September 21, 1918. After passing through Japan, Coleman arrived at 
Vladivostok, Siberia, and was attached to the l'46th Ordnance Depot Com- 
pany. He became machine gun instructor, teaching the Replacement Bat- 
talion, and the Headquarters Company. He sensed also as one of the guards 
on the train of the American Ambassador to the Far East and General Graves, 
when they came on diplomatic mission to Omsk, for an interview with 
Admiral Kolchak, at that time head of the Siberian government. He returned 
to San Francisco, and was discharged at Presidio, Cal., December 31, 1919. 

COOK, HARRY LINN, served in the Ordnance Department. 

COOMBS, ROY EDWARD, enlisted January, 1918, at Camp Dix, N. J., 
and was assigned to the First Officers' Training School. He was transferred 
as sergeant to the 310th Infantry headquarters company, Avhence he was sent 
to Camp Lee, Va., and there commissioned second lieutenant. At Camp Dix, 
N. J., he served as assistant farm officer with the War Garden Detachment, 
and then was transferred to the 153rd Depot Brigade at the same camp, where 
he served until discharged in February, 1919. 

COOPER, EDWARD SMITH, after induction into the service, was 
sent to Camp Sherman, O. 

CORDERO, VERGILIO, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., was commissioned first lieutenant, U. S. 
Reserves, and sent to San Juan, Porto Rico. Here he was assigned to the 
Infantry, Regular Army, and stationed at Camp E. S. Otis, Canal Zone. 

COTTOM, HARRY VANCE, after having completed the Second Ord- 
nance Course offered at Penn State, was called into service at Rock Island 
Arsenal, 111., in September of 1917. From here he went to the Watervliet 
Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., leaving in February for France. He ranked as 
sergeant in Advanced Ordnance Depot No. 1. 

CRUZE, GEORGE RUTZLER, enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College, and served until discharged. 

CRYDER, DONALD STEVENS, was inducted into the service in the 
Quartermaster's Corps of the National Army, at Columbus, O., and was 
later assigned to the 301st Supply Company, Quartermaster's Corps, Madison 
Barracks, N. Y. 

CULP, BYRON JACOB, enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit 
which was organized at the close of college in June, 1917. He went to the 



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Ambulance Corps training quarters at Allentown, Pa., and from there was 
transferred to the Garage Detachment of the ambulance service. 

CUSTER, CLAYTON CARL, was inducted into the service and assigned 
to Company F, 304th Ammunition Train, 79th Division, and with that organ- 
ization served overseas. 

DAHL, HILBERT EINAR, served as corporal in Company E, 319th 
Infantry, trained at Camp Lee, Va., and sailed for overseas in May, 1918. 
While in France he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of Snipers', Ob- 
servers', and Scouts' section of the 319th Infantry, and made ranking sergeant. 
He saw action in Artois, at St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. In 
June, 1919, he returned to the United States where he was discharged. 

DALE, JOHN MITCHEL, was a member of Company 5, Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y. Receiving his commission 
as second lieutenant, he was sent to Tenafly, N. J., to the 49th U. S. Infantry, 
was promoted to first lieutenant in the same regiment, and with them served 
in France. 

DAVEY, WILLIAM H., entered the service September 19, 1917, at Camp 
Meade, Md., being assigned to Battery A, 311th Field Artillery. In May, 1918, 
he attended the Fourth Engineer Officers' Training Camp, at Camp Lee, Va., 
was commissioned second lieutenant July 8, 1918, and assigned to the 309th 
Engineers, Camp Sherman, Ohio. In September of the same year he sailed 
for France, and attended the 2nd Army Corps Engineers' School, at Chatillon- 
sur-Seine and at Langres. He served also on construction work at Montoir 
and Savenay, and was discharged on August 8, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

DAVIS, CLARK BANE, served with the 20th U. S. Engineers (For- 
estry), and was commissioned second lieutenant. 

DAVIS, FRED McDOWELL, was inducted into the service in February, 

1918, at Camp Lee, Va., being assigned to the headquarters company of the 
320th Infantry regiment. He was promoted to sergeant and sailed for France 
in May, 1918, where he was in engagements on the Arras front, in the St. 
Mihiel sector, and at the Meuse-Argonne. Here he was wounded and gassed, 
September 28, 1918. In March of the following year he was commissioned 
second lieutenant, returned home in July, 1919, and was discharged July 8, 

1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

DAVIS, MERLIN, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserves as master ma- 
chinist, second class, July 17, 1918, and was promoted to machinist in 
October the same year, when he was attached to the U. S. S. Point Lobos. 
In a boiler explosion he was severely burned, and was transferred to the naval 
base hospital at Lorient, France. He returned to' duty in December, 1918, and 
boarded U. S. S. Madawaska for home. In February, 1919, he was commis- 
sioned ensign in U. S. Naval Reserve Force, and was released from active 
service September 9, 1919. 

DANVER, RICHARD WRIGHT, enlisted in the Heavy Coast Artillery, 
March 9, 1918, and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He was trans- 
ferred to Fort Hancock, N. Y., where he was promoted to corporal, and 
given charge of the plotting room of a 6-inch battery. After it was discovered 
that he was a C. E. graduate, he was sent, in July, to the Fifth Officers' 
Training School, at Fort Monroe, Va., where he was commissioned second 



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lieutenant and held as an instriictor in Orientation at the school. He was 
discharged on December 3, 1918, and is held on the reserve list, Heavy 
Artillery, as first lieutenant. 

DEAN, CARLTON FAISON, enlisted on December 14, 1917, in the 
Medical Department, and was sent to the Army Medical School, Washington, 
D. C. Here he spent his entire time making vaccine for use in the army and 
navy. 

DEERING, ARTHUR, was a member of Troop L, 1st Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, National Guard. He was called into service upon declaration of 
hostilities, but was sent immediately to the Reserve Officers' Camp, at Niagara 
Falls, N. Y., where he was commissioned captain. From here he went to 
Camp Meade, Md., where he joined the 154th Depot Brigade, and received his 
commission as major. 

DEFERIE, J. A., in August, 1917, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, attached to Company I, Military Branch, Chattanooga, Tenn. He was 
assigned to the S2nd Infantry, 6th Division, and in July, 1918, sailed for 
France. In September and October of that year with his company he 
occupied a sector in the Vosges mountains, whence they were sent to the 
Argonne in November. After the armistice he was transferred to Argney-le- 
Duc. At Arbot, France, he attended the first course Signal School, and later 
served as liaison officer with the 52nd Infantry. 

DIEHL, DAVID H., enlisted at Penn State, May, 1917, and was ordered 
to Madison Barracks where he attended the First Officers' Training Camp, 
May 14, 1917. He was discharged to civilian status July 14, of the same year 
and received industrial exemption until September, 1918. He was inducted 
into Heavy Coast Artillery at Fort DuPont, Del., September 2, 1918, and a few 
days later was transferred to the Seventh Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Monroe, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant and discharged No- 
vember 28, 1918. 

DIEHL, JERE DIXON, served with the American Expeditionary Force 
in France. 

DIEM, WILLIAM ROY, enlisted at Philadelphia, July 27, 1917, and 
attended the Third Officers' Training Camp at Camp Hancock, Ga. April 
19, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant and November of the same 
year first lieutenant. He served with the 28th Military Police Company, 28th 
Division, April, 1918, to February, 1919, and with the American School De- 
tachment at the University of Montpellier, France, from February 22, 1919, 
to July 1, 1919. He was discharged at Camp Dix, in August, 1919. He 
participated with the 28th Division in four major military operations as fol- 
lows : the fifth German offensive ; the advance on Ourcq and Vesle, in the 
Oise-Aisne oifensive, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. 

DINNISON, ARTHUR, was assigned to the 6th Company in the Reserve 
Officers' Training Company at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

DISSINGER, C. E., was a member of Troop I, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
National Guard, previous to the war. He attended the 1st Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps at Niagara, and then rejoined his troop, which had become 
the 101st Cavalry, at Camp Hancock. 



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J. N. P. EASBY 





H. P. FLAHAVHAN 




M. DUNBAR 





C. E. GARBRICK 



HARRY E. riSHER 



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DODDS, ROBERT GEORGE, enlisted in the Signal Corps of the 
Aviation service, at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

DOUGHERTY, ISAAC, was commissioned second lieutenant, Field 
Artillery, Officers' Reserve Corps from the First Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Myer, Va., and assigned to 313th Field Artillery at Camp Lee, Va. In 
May, 1918, he left the United States for overseas service and in September 
was commissioned first lieutenant. He saw service at St. Mihiel and continu- 
ous action in the Meuse-Argonne from September 26, to November 11. He 
returned to the United States May 28, 1919, and was discharged at Camp 
Lee, Va., in June. 

DOUGLASS, THOMAS B., after completing the First Ordnance Supply 
Course at Penn State he enlisted in July, 1917, in the Ordnance Department 
and was sent to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., in September, 1917. 
From November of that year to January, 1919, he served as sergeant in France 
and was discharged February 12, 1919. 

DUFFORD, CLAIR, joined the service on January 5, 1918, and for a time 
was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He became connected with 
Battery F, 307th Field Artillery, on this side and went over with this organ- 
ization. Mr. Dufiford advanced from corporal to sergeant to first sergeant. 
He was in the St. Mihiel sector at Fey-en-Haye, and then about three weeks 
in the Toul sector. When the armistice was signed, he was in the Meuse- 
Argonne region, being stationed at Grand Pre. Mr. Dufiford spent ten months 
in the service overseas. 

DRUMM, H. S., enlisted in the Ordnance Course, March 27, 1918. After 
training at Penn State, he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., to the Ordnance 
Supply School, and was then made instructor in Fire Control Instruments at 
that school. He served in that capacity until discharged September 31, 1918. 
While there he was promoted to corporal, then sergeant and was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant December, 1918. 

DUNBAR, MERLE, enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps, September, 
1917, and was ordered to the U. S. General Hospital No. 6, Fort McPherson, 
Ga. From here he went to the embarkation camp. Camp Merritt, N. J. 
He sailed for France in March, 1918, where he was attached to Hospital 
No. 21, Advanced Section, Service of Supply. In May, 1918, he was assigned 
as ambulance driver and served near Marseilles. He returned to the United 
States, June, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., June 12, 1919. 
While overseas he served in German Alsace, and in Algeria, Northern Africa. 

DYER, JOHN F., enlisted in the Ordnance Department, August, 1917, 
and was stationed at the Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Ga., until November of 
that year. He was promoted to sergeant and sent to the Watervliet Arsenal, 
Watervliet, N. Y. He sailed for France in November, 1917, was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant September, 1918, and first lieutenant. May, 1919. 
With the English Army he served in the Lys defensive, April, 1918. He re- 
turned home June, 1919, and was discharged July, 1919. 

EASBY, JOHN NEWLIN PEIRCE, enlisted with Company B, 103rd 
Engineers, which was the old Pennsylvania First Regiment, and was sent 
to Camp Meade, Md., and Camp Hancock, Ga. He was promoted to corporal 
and to sergeant and January, 1918, was transferred to the Engineer Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Lee, Va., where he was commissioned second lieu- 



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tenant. He joined the 304th Engineer Train, of the 79th Division, with which 
organization he served with the Army of Occupation until mustered out at 
Camp Dix, N. J. While in France he was commissioned first lieutenant. 

EBY, CLAUDE, attended the Seventh Ordnance Supply Course at Penn 
State and the Ordnance Supply School at Camp Hancock, Ga. He was sent 
to Scotland, then to England and was then transferred to the Ordnance 
Repair Shop at Le Havre, Erance. He was then sent to Ammunition School 
at Camp Foecy, where he served until the signing of the armistice. He was 
then transferred to Camp Cheueviere, Erance, then to Nice. He returned 
home and was discharged July 22, 1919, at Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y. 

EDGERTON, ROBERT H., entered the U. S. Naval Reserve Eorce with 
a rank of first class electrician and joined Company 16 at Wissahickon Bar- 
racks, Cape May, N. J. Later he attended an Officers' Training School and 
attained the rank of ensign. He was assigned to submarine work at New 
London, Conn. 

EDGETT, CLAUDE, joined the Medical Reserve Ambulance Corps, 
at Allentown, and became connected with Section 529, the Penn State unit, 
and served overseas on the front with the Italian Army. 

ELLIS, GEORGE LEAMAN, enlisted in the Royal Elying Corps of the 
Canadian Expeditionary Eorce. He was discharged at Toronto, April 15, 

1918, and enlisted in the United States Navy at the League Island Navy 
Yard, Philadelphia, April 30. He was commissioned ensign August 23, 1918, 
and had charge of fuel work with the Bureau of Steam Engineering. He was 
promoted to lieutenant April, 1919, and released from active service Novem- 
ber of that year. 

ELSE, JOSEPH NELSON, was commissioned second lieutenant, in 
Field Artillerv at Camp Taylor, Ky., and was assigned to the 1st Field 
Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla. 

EMIGH, J. W., was inducted into the service at Camp Lee, Va., May 
1, 1918, and placed in the 155th Depot Brigade. He was transferred to Com- 
pany C, 318th Infantry, 80th Division, and sailed for France May 20, 1918. 
His first service was with the British at Labert. Later he was transferred 
to the American sector and served in the Meuse-Argonne. In October, he 
attended the Gas School, Chatillon-sur-Seine. From January to May, 1919, 
he was in charge of the Post School of Company C. He left France in May, 

1919, and was discharged at Camp Lee, Va., June 4. 

ENGLISH, EDWARD HOMER, entered the service in the Hospital 
Corps of the Navy and was assigned to Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. He 
was appointed hospital corpsman of the Navy and detailed with the 8th 
Regiment Marines, Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex. 

ERE, RUSSELL BENJAMIN, was inducted into the service at Camp 
Meade, Md., with the Headquarters Division. He sailed for France in 
July, 1918, and was transferred to Company C, 311th Machine Gun Battalion 
of the 79th Division. While in an engagement with his company in Septem- 
ber of that year he was wounded. 

EVANS, THOMAS REESE, entered the First Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y. 



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EWING, R. P., entered the United States Naval Reserve Force and was 
sent to Stevens Institute, N. J., with the rank of mechanist mate, second class. 
He was promoted July, 1918, to first mechanist mate, then to warrant ma- 
chinist and assigned to' sea duty. January, 1919, he was commissioned ensign, 
and March 14 of that same year was released from- active service. 

FAUST, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, served in the 2nd Company, Balti- 
more Coast Artillery at Fort Howard, Md., and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, serving in that capacity overseas. 

FELEDY, CHARLES FRANK, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. 

FESSLER, LAWRENCE PAINTER, entered the First Reserve Officers' 

Training Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was then assigned to the 
Recruit Detachment of the 23rd Engineers, Camp Meade, Md. He was again 
transferred to Company M, 23rd Engineers, with which organization he served 
in France. 

FILES, JOHN D., entered the service June, 1918, at Camp Lee, Va. In 
August he sailed for England and on arrival in France he was assigned to the 
second corps training school, Chatillon-sur-Seine. Owing to an operation he 
was in Hospital No. 38 and in Base Hospital No. 15 and finally was sent to 
the Military Hospital in New York. March 28, 1918, he was discharged 
from the U. S. General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FISHER, HARRY EARL, served as an inspector of aeroplanes in the 
Signal Corps from September, 1917, to June, 1918. He trained in the Curtiss 
Aeroplane Company, Buffalo, N. Y., and at the University of Wisconsin. He 
was in charge of the government inspection of assembling aeroplanes in the 
Dayton Wright Aeroplane Company from December, 1917, to June, 1918. 
At this time he entered the military academy at West Point, from which he 
graduated, June, 1920. 

FLAHAVHAN, HOLLAND FLETCHER, enlisted in the Signal Re- 
serve Corps, was sent to the old 69th Regiment Armory in New York, then 
for a short time to Base Hospital No. 1, and in January, 1918, sailed for Brest. 
At St. Aignan, where he joined the 116th Field Battalion, he was promoted 
to corporal, to mess sergeant, then was appointed instructor in wireless teleg- 
raphy. In July he joined the 110th Field Signal Battalion, 35th Division, at 
the front at Wesserling, Alsace. With his division, he served at St. Mihiel and 
in the Argonne, where he was wounded, September 25, by a machine gun 
bullet from a German aeroplane. After recovering he helped in caring for 
the iwounded until he sailed for home on Christmas Day. In February, 1919, 
he was discharged at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O. 

FLEMING, ROBERT MOFFATT, enlisted July, 1918, in the Naval 
Aviation Corps and was stationed at Pensacola, Fla. 

FLUCK, HOWARD CLEMENT, attended the Third Officers' Training 
Course, was appointed sergeant and served with Company F, 309th Infantry, 
in France. He saw action with the British and in the St. Mihiel offensive, 
the Meuse-Argonne offensive, after which he was sent to the University of 
Marseilles, and to the School of Horticulture at Versailes. He was discharged 
at Camp Dix, N. J., June 24, 1919. 



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FOSTER, ROBERT McCAY, 3RD, served with the Bureau of Aircraft 
Construction from August, 1917, to July, 1918, and was stationed at the Fly- 
ing Field of the Curtiss Aeroplane Corporation, in Buffalo, N. Y. From July, 
1918, to December, 1918, he was a cadet at Naval Aviation School, Massachu- 
setts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 

GALT, WILLIAM IRVIN, was inducted into the service in Christiana, 
Pa., February 25, 1918, and was sent to Camp Meade, Md. He sailed for 
overseas with the 304th Trench Mortar Battery, July 14, 1918, but did not 
see action. He returned to the United States with the rank of corporal 
and was discharged April 8, 1919. 

GARBER, JOHN ALDEN, was accepted for the Second Officers' Train- 
ing Camp and ordered to report at Fort Oglethorpe, on August 25, 1917. 
Earning his commission as second lieutenant, after a short furlough, he was 
sent to the 24th Infantrv, Columbus, New Mexico. He was discharged 
December, 1918. 

GARBRICK, CHARLES EDMUND, attended the First Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant and assigned to the 48th Infantry, which was stationed 
at Syracuse, N. Y. Later he was sent to Newport News, Va., where he was 
promoted to first lieutenant, and reassigned to his former regiment. 

GERACIMOS, GEORGE ARGESELAOS, was connected with the Ord- 
nance Corps as an electrical engineer at the Rock Island Arsenal, 111., on 
December 12, 1917, was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, and then to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., where he joined Company R, 2nd Provisional Regiment, Ord- 
nance Training Camp, as a private electrical engineer. He was transferred to 
the 1st Company, 5th Battalion, and on July 3 was commissioned second 
lieutenant and sent to the U. S. nitrate plant, at Muscle Shoals, Ala., as an 
inspector. He was discharged May 1, 1919. 

GERWIG, RAYMOND AUGUSTUS, entered the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant and assigned to the 316th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. 

GILLESPIE, EUGENE FABER, attended the Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the Regular Army, July 21, 1917, being assigned to the Headquarters Com- 
pany, 7th U. S. Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pa. He was commissioned first 
lieutenant in October of 1917, at Charlotte, N. C, and was detailed to the Air 
Service, January 19, 1918, and graduated from the School of Military Aero- 
nautics in Texas. He was transferred to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., 
where he was commissioned captain in the Air Service. In February, 1919, he 
returned to the Infantry and commanded Company H, Casual Battalion, at 
Camp Merritt, N. J. He was assigned to 50th U. S. Infantry in September, 
1919, at Camp Dix, N. J., and resigned from the service October 20, 1919. 

GODFREY, JOHN SWAIN, was commissioned second lieutenant and 
assigned to the Signal Reserve Corps, Aviation Section, U. S. Army Balloon 
School, Fort Omaha, Neb. 

GOETZ, MOWRY EUGENE, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned first lieutenant of the 
316th Infantry at Camp Meade, j\Id. He participated in the various engage- 



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ments at Montfaucon and Varennes in October, 1918. He was in command 
of the scouts in this place. He took part also in the Meuse-Argonne offensive 
and was promoted to captain, August 25, 1918, He served as liaison, intelli- 
gence officer and operations officer and trained as regimental adjutant. He 
was cited in general orders No. 29, June 1, 1919, in citation order No. 2, 
June 3, 1919, and was given the Croix de Guerre. He sailed from St. 
Nazaire, France, for Philadelphia, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. T., 
June 9, 1919. 

*GOHL, WAYNE BIRCHARD, joined the service in June, 1918, and 
was sent to the University of Pittsburgh for instruction in Motor Mechanics. 
Ranking third in his class, he was one of eleven men selected from this course, 
who were sent to the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School at 
Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. After five weeks training there, he was stricken 
with influenza which developed into pneumonia, and died in the base hospital, 
October 26, 1918. During his stay at Pittsburgh, he was attached to Head- 
quarters Company and did duty as drill sergeant for one month. His record 
in the Officers' School was one of very high merit. 

GRAY, CECIL, attended the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to 
154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. He was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant, December, 1917, attached to the 311th Field Artillery, to the 368th 
Infantry, then to the 351st Field Artillery and back again to the 154th Depot 
Brigade. He attended the small arms firing school. Camp Perry, Ohio, May 
and June, 1918. In September, of the same year, he was transferred to the 
Signal Corps and assigned to the 211th Field Signal Battalion of the 11th 
Division. He was discharged June, 1919, after being commissioned first lieu- 
tenant in the Signal Reserve Corps. 

GREENLAND, RICHARD C, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was assigned to the First Battery, 
then transferred to an engineer company May 17. He went to Belvoir, 
Va., and in July to the American University Training Camp, Washington, 
D. C. He was commissioned second lieutenant July 1 and ordered to report 
to the 304th Engineers, 79th Division, at Camp Meade, Md. He was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant of Engineers in the National Army on December 31, 
1917, and sailed for France in July of the following year. He was stationed 
near Langres and later participated in the Meuse-Argonne battle. He was 
promoted November 14, 1918, to Captain of Engineers and assigned to Com- 
pany A, 304th Engineer Regiment. He attended school in one of the English 
Universities, then went to the University of Edinburgh until July, when he 
returned home and was discharged on August 7, 1919. 

GUINNIP, MILTON S., was with the U. S. Naval Reserve Radio Service 
and attended the Radio School, at Harvard University, November, 1917. 

HADESTY, ]. W., in November, 1917, entered the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Military Branch, Chattanooga, Tenn. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant, attached to Battery C, 79th Field Artillery, Camp Logan, 
Houston, Tex., and with this unit served in France. 

HARPER, ROBERT J., served with Company F, 309th Engineers, 
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HARRISON, MERRITT THOMAS, trained at the Machine Gun Train- 
ing School at Camp Hancock, Va., where he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant and assigned to the 366th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Cody, New 
Mexico. 

HAWKINS, ARTHUR CASTLE, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second 
lieutenant of the Coast Artillery Corps and stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. He 
was promoted to first lieutenant and served in that capacity overseas. After 
his service overseas he was transferred to Fort Amador, Canal Zone, Panama. 

HAWORTH, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JR., was inducted into the serv- 
ice September 20, 1917, and assigned to Company H, 319th Infantry, at Camp 
Lee, Va. He was appointed sergeant and with the same organization he 
served overseas. He was in the following engagements: the Artois sector 
with the British; St. Mihiel, Verdun, and in both offensive operations of the 
Meuse-Argonne. He was wounded October 6, 1918, and sent to the United 
States as a casual. 

HEAD, ALEXANDER HERBERT, served in the United States Marine 
Corps, 57th Brigade, at Port au Prince, Republic of Haiti, West Indies. 

HEMMINGER, GRAHAM LEE, enlisted in the Navy shortly after war 
was declared and was assigned to the course in wireless telegraphy at the 
Parkway Radio School, from which he was graduated in October, 1917. He 
was on duty as wireless operator at Cape May, N. J., until March, 1918. For 
a time he was stationed at Essington on board Submarine Patrol Ship No. 210. 
He then became the radio operator on the Buena Ventura, and sailed with 
this ship. On September 16, 1918, this ship was torpedoed two hundred and 
thirty miles off the coast of Spain, and sank. He landed in a life boat at La 
Corunna, Spain, September 20, 1918. 

HENDERSON, HERBERT LEROY, joined the Field Artillery early in 
1918 and later entered the Third Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He was 
taken ill and sent to the base hospital at Camp Dix and held three months 
to recuperate. Returning to the service he was made sergeant of the 34th 
Company, 9th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix, N. J. 

HEPLER, JOHN M., secured voluntary induction into the service and 
was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., January 25, 1918. He 
was on detached service with the Camp Engineer, then his duty was changed 
to that of the Sanitary Corps, where he remained until February 1, 1919. 
In March, he was promoted to corporal and in June to sergeant. He received 
his appointment as second lieutenant in the Engineer Reserve Corps, January 
24, 1919. 

HERR, JOHN CAMPBELL, joined the Ambulance Unit organized at 
Penn State June 1, 1917, which later was designated as Section 529, U. S. 
A. A. S. The section returned via Genoa, in April, 1919, and the members 
were discharged at Camp Dix, April 26, 1920. 

HIBBERD, S. L., enlisted in the Fourth Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Camp Custer, Mich., May 15, 1918, and was transferred to the Field 
Artillery Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant in September, 1918, and assigned to the 7th Regiment Field 



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Artillerj , Replacement Depot, Camp Taylor, Ky. He was discharged January 
10, 1919, in that place. 

HILL, LYNTON W., enlisted May 28, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J., where 
he was assigned to Company 23, 153rd Depot Brigade. He was transferred 
to the 348th Infantry of the 87th Division, and from there to the 13th Battalion 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., in July, 1918. As mess sergeant he was discharged 
from Company B, 13th Battalion, at Camp Dix, February, 1919. 

HINMAN, R. G., was inducted into the service January 29, 1918, and 
assigned to the Chemical Laboratory at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, 
Pa., where he served until discharged December 19, 1918. He held the rank 
of sergeant of Ordnance in the Ordnance Department. 

HOCKERSMITH, SAMUEL FOSTER, completed the First Supply 
Course offered at the Penn State College, and then enlisted in the Government 
Naval Service in January, 1918, and was stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y. 

HOFFMAN, GUY STEWART, enlisted in the Regular Army and was 
assigned to Ambulance Company No. 3, 28th Division, Camp Hancock, Ga. 
With this same organization he served overseas. 

HOFFMAN, PAUL, enlisted in the Aviation Service, September, 1917. 
He attended the school of military aeronautics, Cornell, N. Y. He was sent 
to the concentration camp at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., then the Carruthers 
Field, Fort A¥orth, Tex., for flying instruction. He was commissioned Pursuit 
Pilot December, 1918, and was discharged December 12 of that same year. 

HOLMBERG, CENTRE W., enlisted in June, 1918, in the Engineers' 
Corps as a private and was assigned to the 1st Replacement Regiment, Wash- 
ington, D. C. From there he was transferred to the Engineers Officers' 
Training School at Camp Humphreys, Va., and after receiving his commission 
as second lieutenant, was assigned to the 4th Engineer Training Regiment, 
Company K. 

HOOVER, B. M., completed the First Ordnance Supply Course at 
Penn State, was made sergeant of ordnance, and sent to the U. S. Govern- 
ment Nitrate Plant No. 1, Sheffield, Ala. 

HORN, CLARENCE ALBRIGHT, enlisted in the service and was 
assigned to the bacteriological and pathological laboratories of the Medical 
Department in General Hospital No. 14, at Fort Oglethorpe, and later was 
transferred to General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Mich. 

HOUSTON, VICTOR ALEXANDER, served as a sergeant in Company 
G, 308th Ammunition Train, which was the divisional ammunition train of 
the 83rd Division.. He served with the same company abroad, as company 
veterinary. , 

HOUTZ, ROBERT LESLIE, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant 
with the National Army on August 13, 1917. He went to New Haven, Conn., 
where he was stationed with the Trench Warfare Section of the Ordnance 
Department, and was then sent to Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., with the 
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and acted as officer in charge of experimental work with day bomb and night 
bomb charges. This position was attained after a competitive test in which 
competitors invented bombs of their own to be tried out before the officers in 
charge. Mr. Houtz's bomb was accepted and used at the rate of 1,500 a week. 

HUFFORD, GRIER JEFFREY, enlisted at Marlinton, W. Va., May 15, 
1918, was assigned to Company B in the Richmond School, Training Detach- 
ment, Richmond, Va. As acting sergeant he was assigned to the Officers' 
Training School in August, 1918. He was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the Officers' Reserve Corps, November 30, 1918, and discharged on that same 
date. 

*HUMPHRIES, H. REGINALD, enlisted February 24, 1918, at West 
Newton, Pa., and was assigned to the 8th Company, 2nd Training Battalion, 
155th Depot Brigade. On May 7, 1918, he sailed as a private with Company 
F, 112th Infantry, 28th Division, and reached Liverpool, England, May 14, 
1918. With his regiment. Private Humphries participated in the second Battle 
of the Marne and also in the Argonne struggle, during which he was seriously 
wounded on September 27. He died September 29, 1918, at Mobile Hospital 
No. 2 from his wound and was buried in the American Cemetery at Froidos, 
Chateau de Calvange, in the Department of the Meuse. 

*JACKSON, JAY ALLEN, enlisted in the service September 4, 1917, and 
was assigned to Company 6, 320th Infantry, at Camp Lee, Va., where he was 
promoted to corporal and later sergeant. Overseas he served with the 320th 
Regiment with the British under General Byng and was appointed instructor 
in machine gunnery. He was transferred to the American Forces and served 
at St. Mihiel, the Meuse-Argonne, and Malincourt. He saw constant action 
from September 26 to October 30, when he was sent to Base Hospital No. 62 
at Mars, where he died of pneumonia on November 19 and is buried at Mars- 
sur-Allier, Nievre, France, in the American Cemetery, No. 85. 

JACOBS, CARL BLOOM, entered the service April 26, 1918, in the 9th 
Company, 154th Depot Brigade at Camp Meade, Md. He was promoted to 
corporal with the 25th Company and sent to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he 
served until discharged December 20, 1918. 

JEFFREY, WILLIAM LANSING, entered the service, November 1, 
1917, and was stationed with Headquarters Troop of the 79th Division, with 
the rank of corporal. He was injured in an accident in June, 1918, and was 
sent to the base hospital, Camp Meade, Md. Later he was stationed in the 
22nd Company of the 6th Development Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, and 
was assigned to special duty with the American Red Cross. He was dis- 
charged from the army December 13, 1918. 

JOHNS, HOWARD ADAMS, served in the Field Supply Section of 
the Gas Defense Service and in the Sanitary Corps of the Medical Department. 
He attended the Reserve Officers' Training School at Camp Meade, Md., and 
was sent to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he was commissioned second lieutenant 
on August 26, 1918. He then entered the small arms firing school. Camp 
Perry, Ohio, after which he served as commander of Company 7, at Camp 
Wheeler, Macon, Ga. He received his discharge December 18, 1918. 

JOHNSTON, ROBERT ELSWORTH, received his commission as sec- 
ond lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps on August 8, 1917. On October 10 



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he was promoted to first lieutenant and then took a three months course at 
Fort Monroe. He sailed for France on December 19, and while overseas he 
was promoted to captain. In this capacity he served with Company K, 53rd 
Artillery. 

JONES, W. P., attended the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, 
N. Y., from April, 1917, to November, 1917. He then went as second lieu- 
tenant to the 328th Field Artillery at Camp Custer, Mich. From May, 1918, 
to July, 1918, he was at the Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp Jack- 
son, S. C. From here he was transferred to Camp Taylor, Ky., and was in 
charge of Truck Division, Motor School and later on was commanding officer 
of Battery B, 36th Battalion. He sailed in October, 1918, and served with 
the Field Artillery Replacement Regiment, Le Courneau, Gironde, France. 
He was located near Neufchatel, and at Bordeaux, France. He sailed for home 
and was discharged May 28, 1919, at Camp Meade, Md. 

JOSLIN, LESLIE CLEMENS, enlisted in Company 5, 153rd Depot 
Brigade, Camp Dix, N. J., and later was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. He 
attended the Second Officers' Training School at this camp. 

KATES, HOWARD A. W., attended the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant, 
and sent to Camp Meade, Md., joining the 316th Infantry. With this organ- 
ization he served overseas, after first spending a month in the Second Army 
Corps School at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He participated at the Argonne ofifen- 
sive at Montfaucon and Nantillois. He was wounded in action by a ma- 
chine gun bullet and was sent to Hospital No. 115, Bichy, Allier, where he 
stayed until November 9. He was then transferred to Hospital in New York. 
Lieutenant Kates received a citation by Major General Kuhn for "extra- 
ordinary heroism in action at Montfaucon, France, September 28, 1918. After 
all other officers in his company were killed or wounded, he took command 
of his company and advanced it through heavy machine gun and artillery 
fire and continued to advance until halted by lack of supporting troops on his 
right and left. On the morning of September 29, he again inspired his men 
by leading them in the attack under heavy fire, until he was severely 
wounded." 

KEISTER, MELVIN PAUL, received his commission as second lieu- 
tenant, at the second training camp in 1917, at Fort Niagara, New York. He 
joined the 328th Field Artillery at Camp Custer, Mich., in December, and 
was attached to Headquarters Company. Here he trained recruits and at- 
tended various Field Artillery schools until the last of May, 1918, when he 
was sent to the F. A. R. D. at Camp Jackson, S. C. From there, the last of 
June, he went overseas with the 136t'h Field Artillery, 62nd Field Artillery 
Brigade, 37th Division, arriving in Liverpool, July IS, and in France on 
the 19th. 

Lieutenant Keister attended the Army Gas School at Longres, Haute 
Marne, in August, and received firing instruction with 155 mm. Howitzer at 
Camp de Souge, Bordeaux, until October. He went into the lines October 
10, with the 92nd Division in the Marbach Sector near Nancy. These became 
Fourth Corps Troops a week later and took part in various moves on the 
Second Army front in the Puvenelle and Thiacourt Sectors until the armistice. 
He spent the winter in Thillombois and Lahaymieux, in the devastated region 
and left Brest the 11th of March, 1919, on the U. S. Battleship Connecticut, 



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arriving at Newport News, March 24th. While with the 136th Field Artillery, 
Lieutenant Keister was telephone, gas and liaison officer, with the Head- 
quarters detail of the 2nd Battalion. 

He was discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., April 3rd, 1919. 

KELLER, HENRY, JR., enlisted at Bellefonte, Pa., April 6, 1917, with 
Troop L, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, was promoted to corporal in August, and 
in September went with the organization to Camp Hancock, Ga. In December 
he was promoted to sergeant, and in January, when the cavalry was broken up, 
he was sent to the Third Officers' Training Camp, Ga. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant in April, 1918, assigned to the 111th U. S. Infantry, 28th 
Division, placed with the advanced school detachment, and sent to the Officers' 
School, Langres, France. In the latter part of June he rejoined his regiment, 
and with them went to the front on July 4, 1918. He was commissioned 
first lieutenant July 22, and on August 12, was severely wounded at the 
Vesle river, sent to hospital, and thence home. From the Walter Reed Gen- 
eral Hospital he was transferred to General Hospital No. 31, at Carlisle, Pa., 
where he remained until May 20, 1919, when he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., 
and discharged. 

KELLEY, JOSEPH FRANCIS, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

KENDIG, JAMES EMMET, trained with Company C, 304th Field Sig- 
nal Battalion, from January to June, 1918, when he was transferred to the 
Electrical Specialists"' School of the Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, 
Va. After having received the rating of sergeant, first class, he was detailed 
as an instructor in steam engineering and power plants. In November, 1918, 
after the armistice, he was sent with a small detachment to Havana, Cuba, for 
the purpose of adapting munitions and electrical equipment to use in the coast 
defenses of Havana. He was discharged at Key West, Fla., September 20, 
1919. 

KENNEDY, EDWARD P., was inducted into the service on March 25, 
1918, and sent to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. In June, 1918, he was 
sent to The Pennsylvania State College to take the Ordnance Supply Course. 
After completing this course he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., where 
he continued training in Ordnance. In July, 1918, Kennedy was sent to Camp 
Raritan, N. J., to take a course in the motor school, where he was assigned to 
the 3rd Casual Company, Ordnance Training Camp. 

KENNEY, EDMUND J., enlisted as machinist's mate, first class, in the 
aviation section of the U. S. Naval Reserve Forces. He was sent to Wash- 
ington, D. C, detailed on experimental work in naval aircraft, and his rating 
was advanced to chief machinist's mate. He was transferred to the League 
Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia, Pa., where he had charge of a new type 
of ship airplane. In March, 1919, he was transferred to Washington, D. C, 
and released from active duty. 

KERNS, ROY SHAFFER, served as a member of Company A, 19th 
Engineers, with the American Expeditionary Force. 

KESSLER, DAVID, completed the second Ordnance Course offered at 
Penn State, and enlisted in the Ordnance Reserve Corps in July, 1917. In 
September he was sent to the Ordnance Supply School, at the Rock Island 
Arsenal, III, was appointed ordnance sergeant, and transferred to the 113th 



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Ordnance Depot Company, Camp Dodge, Iowa, where he served as chief 
clerk until January 10, 1919. In February he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Ordnance Reserve Corps, and on May 30, 1919, was discharged. 

KING, HARRY TRAINER, became sergeant, and served for ten months 
in the Chemical Warfare Service, manufacturing poisonous gases. 

KINTZING, PAUL C, after attending the Mechanics' School at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., he was the only man chosen to be sent to the Central Officers' 
Training School, at Camp Taylor, Ky. Here he was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Field Artillery, and on November 29, 1918, was discharged. 

KIRK, JOE NEIL, enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., November 16, 
1917, and Avas sent overseas with Company H, 23rd Engineers, arriving in 
Brest on April 13, 1918. He worked fovtr months at St. Nazaire in the con- 
struction of steel warehouses, served with the First Army in the Argonne 
drive, and participated also in the St. Mihiel engagement. From March to 
July, 1919, he was at the University of Toulouse, returned home in the latter 
month, and was discharged July 29, 1919. 

KISHBAUGH, WALTER, served as sergeant with Company F, 20th 
Engineers. While in France he was sent to an Officers' Training Camp, was 
commissioned second' lieutenant, and later transferred to the 6th Engineers. 

KISTLER, JAMES DANIEL, enlisted November 19, 1917, and joined 
the 103rd Ammunition Train, 28th Division, at Camp Hancock, Ga. He 
served overseas from May 19, 1918, to July 22, 1919, and participated in the 
Oise-Aisne offensive, the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and in the Thiacourt 
sector. While overseas he was sent with the American Student Detachment 
to England, where he studied in the London School of Economics and Political 
Science, London University. He was discharged on July 26, 1920. 

KLAHRE, JAMES EDWARD, was a member of the 2nd Training 
Company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Monroe, Va. He Avas commissioned lieu- 
tenant, and joined the 45th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, at Camp 
Eustis, Va. 

KLINE, W. O., enlisted on August 16, 1917, at Washington Barracks, 
D. C, and served in the Ordnance Department as draftsman on artillery 
ammunition.' On November 1, 1917, he was sent to Watervliet, N. Y., and 
on November 26 sailed for France. Here he served at Nevers, the largest 
raihvay center for repairs in France. He was promoted to sergeant and moved 
to Is-Sur-Tille, to Advance Ordnance Depot No. 2, and then to Paris, to the 
Pluteau Arsenal. In January, 1919, he was transferred to the headquarters 
of ordnance, at Tours, and went to the German Ordnance depots in the Allied 
occupied areas of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Alsace, making an historical 
and engineering collection of German small arms. After his return to W^ash- 
ington with the above collection, he was discharged on August 16, 1919. 

KNAPP, WALTER CLOSE, after four refusals at recruiting stations, 
joined the Y. M. C. A. forces, and was educational secretary at Camp Lee, Va. 

*KRIEBEL, THOMAS EDWIN, attended the First Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant of 
Cavalry. After the general reorganization of the army, he was transferred 
to Infantry, and commissioned first lieutenant, in March, 1918. He was sent 



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W. J. LAUBENSTEIN 





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for special instruction in field fortifications to Fort Sill, Okla., and served as 
instructor at the Camp Meade Officers' Training School. Lieutenant Kriebel, 
with his original command, the 313th Infantry, sailed for France on July 7, 
1918. In the second action of the 313th in the Argonne Forest, the regiment 
was ordered to take the Height of Montfaucon, northwest of Verdun ; Lieu- 
tenant Kriebel with his company had gone over, and were rushing down the 
other side, taking cover in shell holes as necessary, when Kriebel climbed 
from a hole to order the next advance, and was instantly killed by a sniper's 
bullet. He was buried in Communal Cemetery, Montfaucon. 

KRELL, JOHN WILLIAM, served in the National Army as timber 
inspector. 

KROLL, WILLIAM E., enlisted on January 5, 1918, in the Third 
Officers' Training Camp, at Camp Dix, N. J. With the grade of sergeant, he 
was attached to the 311th Infantry, 78th Division, and on May 8, 1918, was 
transferred to the Infantry Replacement Camp, Camp Lee, Va. He was com- 
missioned 2nd lieutenant on June 1, 1918, transferred to the 6th Battalion, 
Military Police, Camp Dix, N. J. In September he was commissioned first 
lieutenant and was discharged on February 21, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

KUEBLER, RICHARD EDWIN, served at Camp Lee, Va., with the 
6th Field Battalion, Signal Reserve Corps. Later he was transferred to the 
U. S. Signal Corps Radio School at College Park, Md. He left here in May, 
1918, to sail with the 305th Field Signal Battalion of the 80th Division. He 
served as master signal electrician with this organization in the Somme, 
Artois sector, at St. Mihiel, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He returned 
to the United States in May, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

KUHN, PAUL R., enlisted July 20, 1917, in the Signal Reserye Corps of 
the Regular Army, and was assigned to Telegraph Battalion 413th. He sailed 
for France, January 9, 1918, where he was engaged in construction of tele- 
phone and telegraph lines. October 24, 1918, he was commissioned second 
lieutenant and attended the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sociales in Paris. He 
returned to the United States in July, 1919, and was discharged on August 5 
of that year. 

LANDIS, WILBUR CLYDE, served with Company 20 of the 5th Train- 
ing Battalion, Section 2, Depot Brigade, at Camp Lee, Va. 

LAUBENSTEIN, W. J., served at Camp Lee, Va., and was transferred to 
Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in the Chemical Warfare Service at Nela 
Park. He was warranted Supply Sergeant in December and discharged 
January 14, 1919. 

LEVINE, ISADORE SIDNEY, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant U. S. 
Engineers. From Camp McClellan, Ala., where he served with the New 
Jersey Engineers, he went to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he joined the 109th 
Infantry. Later he was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C., to the 322nd 
Infantry, and again transferred to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C, 
where he joined the 2nd Pioneer Infantry. With this organization he sailed 
for France June 30, 1918. On July 14, he was made Battalion Supply Officer 
and Personnel Officer. He attended the Second Army Corps Infantry School 
in November, 1918, returned to the United States and was discharged August 
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LEWIS, HAROLD RULAND, enlisted May 7, 1917, was promoted to 
corporal, then in March, 1918, to sergeant, first class. He was sent to the 
Engineer Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, Va., in May, where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant of Engineers, May 17, 1918. He was sent 
to Washington Barracks, D. C, on active duty with Replacement Troops 
and to Camp Eorrest, Ga., where he was discharged January 8, 1919. 

LEWIS, MALVERN PAUL, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was transferred to the Coast Artillery 
School, Fort Monroe, Va. He was commissioned second lieutenant and sailed 
for France in December, 1917. There he served with the 52nd Regiment, 
Coast Artillery Corps, and was later transferred to the 64th Engineers. He 
returned to the United States and was discharged April 20, 1919. 

LINES, RONALD EMERSON, enlisted September 7, 1917, and was 
sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he joined the 305th Engineer Train, 80th 
Division. He was transferred to Company C, 305th Engineers, and sailed 
from Newport News, May 25, 1918. From the training camp at Samer he 
joined the American sector and participated in the St. Mihiel drive. Later 
he served in the Meuse-Argonne ofifensive, then was sent to the training area 
in southern France. He sailed for home in June, and was discharged at 
Camp Dix, June 11, 1918. 

LOCKE, WILLIAM HENLAN, took the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Course given at Fort Niagara and received a commission as second 
lieutenant. Field Artillery. He joined the 345th Field Artillery, 90th Division, 
at Camp Travis, Tex., and served with this unit in the American Expedi- 
tionary Force. 

LONG, HARRY B. SMITH, was attached to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 
Replacement Engineers, Fort Foote, Md., Washington, D. C. While on the 
other side he was in the 6th Company, 20th Engineers (Forestry). 

LONG, SETH WILEY, enlisted at Camp Dix, N. J., with the 303rd 
Engineers. He was sent to the Engineer Officers' Training Camp, Camp Lee, 
Va., and was commissioned second lieutenant. He served overseas in Com- 
pany C of the 44th Engineers. 

LYMAN, ROBERT RAY, enlisted as a private with the engineers 
and joined the 10th Reserve Engineers, Foresters. This organization was a 
part of the 3rd Detachment while in France. 

McCANCE, WILLIAM H., served at Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant in the Field Artillery. 

McCLINTOCK, EMMETT KARL, enrolled in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force, Newport, R. I., May 30, 1917, and was sent to the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, January 20, 1918. He was transferred to the Good- 
year Flying Field at Akron, Ohio, where he qualified as balloon pilot. He 
ranked as ensign and was transferred to Pensacola, Fla., June 13, 1918, for 
dirigible balloon training. In this branch he qualified and was appointed 
naval aviator September 1, 1918. At Pensacola he was retained as flying in- 
structor and bomb pilot. November 7, 1918, he was transferred to Rockaway 
Beach, N. Y., for patrol duty. He was discharged from active duty on De- 
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McCLURE, ROBERT SPENCER, was a sergeant in the Medical Corps 
and trained with the 11 1th Field Ambulance Company, 28th Division, at 
Camp Hancock, Ga. He was in the following battles and engagements : 5th 
German offensive at Chateau Thierry, July 14-27, 1918; the advance on the 
Ourcq and the Vesles, July 28 to September 7, 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive, 
September 26 to October 9, 1919; Thiaucourt sector, October 15 to November 
11, 1918. He was slightly gassed at St. Gilles on August 15, 1918. McClure 
was a member of the American student detachment in British university from 
February to July, 1919, and attended the law school at Inns of Court, London. 

McCULLOCH, JOSEPH PAUL, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., with the 4th Battery, Field 
Artillery He was commissioned first lieutenant in the 327th Field Artillery 
at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. In France he was attached to the 8th Field 
Artillerv and later served with the Army of Occupation as commanding 
officer o'f Battery C, 5th Field Artillery. He was discharged October 25, 1919. 

McCULLOCH, PAUL HEMMINGER, completed the Second Ordnance 
Course offered at Penn State, enlisted in the Ordnance Reserve Corps as a 
private and was sent to Rock Island. He was appointed ordnance sergeant 
before the end of the year and received a commission as second lieutenant on 
February 29, 1918. In the meantime he had been stationed at Rock Island, 
Watervliet, Camp Mead, Camp Sherman, Washington, D. C, and then at 
Chicago, where his duties were those of purchasing agent for the Chicago 
District Ordnance Office. 

McNESS, W. H., attended the Second Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., was sent to Battery 5, Military Branch at Chattanooga, 
Tenn., and from there to Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he attended Infantry 
Officers' Training Camp. He returned to Fort Oglethorpe, where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant of Light Field Artillery, November 24, 1917, 
and sent to Camp Gordon, Ga., to train troops in the Depot Brigade. In May, 
1918, he was transferred to Columbia, S. C, then sent to Fort Sill, Okla., 
where he attended the School of Fire and was appointed instructor. 

McQUOWN, L. A., enlisted in the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps at 
Scranton, Pa., June 21, 1917, and was sent to the Ordnance Supply School at 
the Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Ga. He was transferred to the Ordnance 
Supply Depot, Camp Sheridan, Ala., and gradually advanced to second lieu- 
tenant. He served at the Machine Gun School, Springfield Armory, Mass., 
and sailed for France on April 22, 1918, where he was assigned to the aerial 
armament division of the Air Service and ordered to Paris. He attended the 
aerial gunnery school, where he was stationed when the armistice was signed. 
He served as supply officer to a casual ordnance battalion at the Ordnance 
Armament School. He returned to the United States in January, 1919, and 
was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., on the 30th of that month. 

MACKEY, EDWARD HOLMES, served with the 16th Company, Coast 
Artillery Corps, at Fort Hancock, N. Y. 

MALON, GORDON THEOPHILUS, enlisted at Camp Dix, N. J., Jan- 
uary 5, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant in June, and sent to Camp 
Jackson, S. C. From here he conducted a replacement battery of two hundred 
men to France. In France he was placed in command of a battery (Field 
Artillery) of replacements. In December, 1918, he was ordered to General 



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Headquarters at Tours, and from there sent to Antwerp, Belgium, to Italy. 
In January of 1920 he was sent to the United States, where he was discharged 
February 6. 

MARKELL, CHANDLER, enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, December, 
1917, at Cleveland, O., and was sent to Camp Grant, 111., for training. From 
here he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and then to the Chemical 
Warfare Department, and sent to the Inspectors' School, at Carney's Point, 
N. J. He was commissioned second lieutenant, served as powder inspector 
at Hopewell, Va., and was discharged in January, 1919. 

MARVIN, GEORGE ESLER, served with Company A, 319th Infantry, 
at Camp Lee, Va., and overseas with the same unit. He was in training at 
Saumur, and was in the engagements on the Somme front near Arras with 
the British in August, 1918, when he was transferred to the American sector. 
He was stationed at Langres, where he was commissioned second lieutenant, 
November 1, 1918. With Company F, 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, he marched 
into Germany, and was stationed at Munstermaifeld. He then went to the 
American Expeditionary Forces University as instructor in horticulture, in 
which capacity he served until June 10, 1919, when he was ordered to Brest 
as a casual. He sailed for home June 21, 1919, and was discharged at Camp 
Dix on July 3, 1919. 

MATHEYS, HARVEY GREBE, enlisted in the Aviation Corps, on 
August 8, 1917. Failing to receive orders for active service, he secured a 
release, enlisted in the Marine Corps, and was sent to Paris Island, S. C. 
With his company he was detailed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he 
arrived in July, 1918. From here he was transferred to Galveston, Texas, and 
joined Company 123, 9th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps. 

*MECHLING, WALLACE FRANKLIN, enlisted in a training detach- 
ment, was sent to the Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia, and later was 
transferred to the Sixth Training Battalion, Signal Corps, at Fort Leaven- 
worth. At the time Corporal Mechling was stricken with influenza, he had 
passed his overseas examination and had his overseas uniform on. He died 
October 16, 1918. 

MERKEL, PAUL P., was a sergeant, first class, in the Chemical War- 
fare Service, serving at the American University Experiment Station, Wash- 
ington, D. C. He was assigned to the research department, and his work 
consisted of the analysis and manufacture of poisonous gases. 

METZGER, CLARK GAIL, entered the service on October 14, 1917, in 
Company B, 26th Engineers, at Camp Dix, N. J. With that organization 
he sailed for overseas, November 1, 1917, and participated in the St. Mihiel 
offensive. The 26th Engineers was a water supply unit. He sailed for home 
on March 12, 1919, and was discharged on March 21. 

*METZ, IVANHOE KRIEBEL, enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps, 
Company 41, September 18, 1917, and was sent to Paris Island, S. C, 
for training, then to the Charlestown Navy Yard, S. C, where he was 
detailed on guard duty. In February, 1918, he was transferred to Ouantico, 
Va., attached to Headquarters Company of the 10th Marine Field Artillery. 
By Major General Barnett he was appointed to a camouflage detachment, 
and on September 13, 1918, sailed for France, with the 4th Squadron. Metz 
was not on the other side long before he contracted pneumonia and was sent 



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to General Hospital No. 30 at Calais. His illness proved fatal on October 14th. 
At the time of his death, he held the rank of corporal. 

MEYER, HERBERT HERR, joined the Navy, and served at the Great 
Lakes Training Station, 111. 

MILLER, CHARLES L., was commissioned second lieutenant in the 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va., August 15, 1917, and sent to 
France as an aide on General Pershing's staff. He attended the Heavy Coast 
Artillery School of the First Brigade at Chalons, France. On February 22, 
1918, he was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps, Escadrille Battalion 210, 
1st Brigade, at Axemforce. While at the French school for aerial observers 
in the Artillery Corps, Lieutenant Miller volunteered with several others for 
special observation work in the Soissons section. On May 29, 1918, while 
in an aeroplane drive against the German advance. Lieutenant Miller's plane 
was attacked by four enemy planes, and Miller was wounded by three 
machine-gun bullets which shattered his upper left arm. Even in his crippled 
condition Miller was able to shoot down an opposing German plane. Lieu- 
tenant Miller was awarded the Croix de Guerre, with a palm, was made a 
Knight in the Legion of Honor, and was recommended for the American 
Military Cross. He was confined for a year at the U. S. General Hospital 
No. 3 at Rahway, N. J. Lieutenant Miller was discharged from the service 
in January, 1920. 

MITCHELL, EARL T., served in the U. S. Navy having rating of Chief 
Yeoman to the Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Forces, Coast of Ireland. 
He was stationed at U. S. Naval Headquarters, Dviblin, Ireland, for eighteen 
months. 

MOORE, GEORGE HARDING, enlisted at Cleveland, O., on November 
4, 1917, with Company B, 23rd Engineers, and with them served in France 
in the following engagements — in the Toul sector in May, 1918, in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, and again in the Toul sector, from October 17 until the 
armistice was signed, on November of the same year. He was discharged on 
June 17, 1919. 

MOORE, RUSSELL, was an Army Inspector of Ordnance located at 
Oneida, N. Y. 

MORGAN, GEORGE DODD, joined Company A, 27th Engineers, at 
Camp Meade, Md., in January, 1918. He served overseas with this organiza- 
tion, and was later transferred to Company B, Camouflage Section, 40th 
Engineers. 

MORRIS, GEORGE COURSON, was inducted into the service, and 
served as private with the Bureau of Aircraft Production. 

MORRIS, W. K., enlisted in the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, at Cleveland, 
O., June 29, 1918, and was sent to the Training School for Ensigns, at the 
Municipal Pier, Chicago, 111. He was released from duty on November 15, 
1918. 

MULLEN, JOHN, 2d, enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course at 
Penn State, and at its completion was assigned to the Watertown Arsenal, 
Mass. Here he was discharged from the service. 



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MURPHY, CREIGHTON FOSTER, was in the service fourteen months, 
during most of which time he served as regimental sergeant major in the 
trade test section of personnel work, at Newark, N. J., at Camp Dix, N. J., 
and at Camp Lee, Va. 

MUSSER, HOWARD BURTON, enlisted in the Navy, and trained for 
the Naval Flying Corps at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

NELLEN, ARTHUR H., served one year in the Gas Defense Division 
of the Chemical Warfare Service at Long Island where he was sergeant in 
charge of the rubber research laboratories. 

NESS, NEWTON HENRY, trained with Company 6 in the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Niagara, N. Y. He received his commission as 
second lieutenant. Infantry, became attached to the UOth Regiment, Heavy 
Field Artillery, Camp McClellan, Ala., and was later transferred to the 10th 
Battalion, Camp Lee, Va. 

NICHOLSON, SIDNEY O., served with the American Friends Service 
Committee, in France, doing relief work among the civilian population of 
the devastated regions. 

*NUTT, ALAN, enlisted at the Officers' Training Camp, Fort Meyer, 
Va., and was transferred to the Aviation Section, took his ground school work 
at Princeton, N. J. On October 13, 1917, he sailed for France where he 
qualified as chasseur pilot, receiving a commission for first lieutenant in the 
Air Service. He was assigned to the 1st Pursuit Group of the 94th Aero 
Squadron. Lieutenant Nutt was killed in action on September 26, 1918, near 
Forges, when he was surrounded by eight German planes. For his fight 
against such odds he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The 
citation reads as follows : "While on a patrol, Lieutenant Nutt encountered 
and unhesitatingly attacked eight Fokker planes. After a few minutes of 
severe fighting, during which he displayed indomitable courage and deter- 
mination, this officer shot down one of the enemy planes. Totally surrounded, 
outnumbered and without a single thought of escape, he continued the attack 
until he was shot down in flames near Drillancourt." 

OVER, FRANK, JR., attended the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was commissioned first lieutenant and went to 
Camp Meade, where he joined the 310th Regiment. He served with the 12th 
Aero Squadron eight months at the front and after the armistice was signed 
was stationed at Coblenz, Germany. 

PAGE, SAMUEL ENTRIKEN, attended the Third Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Dix, N. J., and sailed for France in May, 1918. He trained 
with the British in northern France and served with them in the trenches near 
Arras and Hazbruck. He was also engaged in St. Mihiel drive and in the 
Argonne ofli^ensive. He returned to the United States in May, as first lieu- 
tenant, Infantry, and was discharged at Camp Lee, Va., May 23, 1919. 

PAGE, SILAS, enlisted in the Aviation service and went to Camp Dick, 
Tex., on April 8, 1918, where he trained with the 14th Squadron. He finished 
his training at Kelly Field No. 2, San Antonio, Tex., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant, in the Air Service, the latter part of September. 



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PAINTER, HEISTER CLYMER, enlisted in Base Hospital No. 27, 
May 14, 1917, sailed from Allentown, Pa., September 27, 1917, and arrived 
back in the United States April 1, 1919. He was discharged from service as 
sergeant, first class. 

PETERSON, HARRY, was attached to the Sth Engineer Training Regi- 
ment, Camp Humphreys, Va., received his commission as second lieutenant 
and was transferred to the Engineer Reserve Corps in December, 1918. 

PETERSON, WILLIAM OSCAR, as private in the service was em- 
ployed in the sergeant major's office as a filing clerk. 

PHILLIPS, JOHN WESLEY ELLENBERGER, enlisted August 27, 
1917, and was assigned to Company G, 314th Infantry, 79th Division, Camp 
Meade, Md. He was made sergeant and served in France, where he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. He joined Company F, 109th Infantry, 28th 
Division, and was later transferred to Company D, 132nd Infantry, 33rd 
Division, and was stationed for several months in Luxembourg. 

POPP, HENRY WILLIAM, entered the Infantry Officers' Training 
School, Camp Custer, Mich. 

POTTER, JAMES ELMER, attended the Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Lee, Va. 

PRICE, WILLIAM N., entered the service on April 3, 1918, with Com- 
pany A, 319th Infantry, 80th Division. He was transferred to the Pathological 
Laboratory at the base hospital at Camp Lee, Va., where he remained until 
he was discharged June 30, 1919. 

REED, ALEXANDER CLARKE, enlisted in the Marines at Denver, 
Col., and was sent to Mare Island, Calif., and later went to Fort Crockett, 
Galveston, Tex., where he joined the 105th Company, 8th Regiment, as a 
corporal. The next move was to Quantico, Va., where he attended the Marine 
Officers' Training Camp, being in Company A. He received his commission 
as second lieutenant and was retained at the camp. He was mustered out in 
February, 1919. 

REEDER, CHARLES L., enlisted May, 1918, in Poison Gas Department, 
Chemical Warfare Service, Washington, D. C. ; in July he was transferred to 
Ponca City, Okla., and in January, 1919, was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., where 
he was discharged. 

REINHARD, MAX CLARENCE, enlisted in the Medical Reserve Am- 
bulance Corps, and was assigned as a private to the 6th Battalion Section 
530, which was one of the Penn State sections. He served on the Italian front 
with this section. 

REBER, CARROLL JOHN, enlisted in the Engineer Corps, October 17, 
1917, at New York City, was sent to Washington Barracks, D. C, and assigned 
to Company D, 6th Engineers. Later he was transferred to Signal Corps 203, 
Aero Construction Squadron, at Langley Field, Hampton, Va., and from 
there to the 418th Aero Repair Squadron, in March of 1918. He then went 
to Washington, D. C, where he worked at designing army aeroplane and 
balloon hangars. With the rank of sergeant, first class, he was discharged 
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REINHARDT, ROBERT CHARLES, attended the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, at Madison Barracks, N. Y. 

REISNER, GEORGE LAURENCE, was inducted into the service April 
5, 1918, at Camp Lee, Va., and was assigned to base hospital where he acted 
as corporal for receiving ward. He was transferred to the Educational De- 
partment as sergeant, in charge of the office of reconstruction and re-educa- 
tion. He was transferred again to General Hospital No. 42, Spartansburg, 
S. C, for duty in the Educational Department and was discharged at Camp 
Dix, N. J., August 21, 1919. 

REITZ, WILLIAM ORLANDO, enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., in the 
Ordnance Department and was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 
111., later being transferred to the 114th Ordnance Depot Company, Camp 
Funston, Tex. He was promoted to ordnance sergeant aftd was placed as 
receiving clerk in the warehouse, later becoming chief of section in charge of 
casual equipment. 

RICHARDSON, MARION BLANCHARD, attended the Reserve Offi- 
cers' Training Camp at Niagara, and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
He was stationed in the supply division of the Ordnance Department, as chief 
assistant to the head of the section with headquarters in Washington, D. C. 
Later Lieutenant Richardson became connected with the Machine Gun School 
at Hancock for a while, but then went overseas in the ordnance service. 

RITCHIE, ROBERT G., served as second lieutenant of the Engineer 
Corps. 

ROBERTS, ARCHIE WILLIAM, enlisted in the Regular Army Engi- 
neers, October, 1917, and was stationed at Fort Slocum, N. Y. He was com- 
missioned second lieutenant during the first week of the training camp 
course at Camp Dix, N. J., and sent to Camp Upton, Long Island, with the 
65th Engineers (Light Tanks). In the middle of March this unit moved 
to Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa. In May, 1918, he was sent to Camp Humph- 
reys, where he was assigned to command Company D, 4th Engineer Train 
Regiment. While here he was commissioned captain of engineers and then 
sent to Camp Forrest, Ga. Here he served as regimental adjutant during 
the entire service of the 211th Engineers. 

ROBERTS, C. M., enlisted June 13, 1917, with the 10th Field Artillery. 
He attended the Second Officers' Training Camp, Douglas, Ariz., and was 
commissioned second lieutenant, assigned to the 58th Infantry of the 4th 
Division at Camp Green, N. C. In May, 1918, he sailed for France where 
he was in the battle of the Marne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel engagement 
and in the Meuse-Argonne. He was twice wounded and was discharged 
February 27, 1919. 

ROBBINS, JOSEPH A., enlisted at Camp Lee, Va., September 20, 1917, 
as sergeant, and sailed from Newport News, Va., May 17, 1918, for France, 
where he saw several months' active service. He attended the Officers' 
Training Camp at La Valbonne. Later he served with Company K, 319th 
Infantry, 80th Division, with which he returned to America, and was dis- 
charged July 31, 1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

ROBINSON, J. SHELBURN, after competitive examination, accepted 
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Pa. In November he reported to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was assigned 
to Battery B, 80th Field Artillery. In February he was sent to Waco, Tex., 
thence to the Field Artillery School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla. In August he 
sailed from Hoboken, N. J., for France, and July 28, 1918, was commissioned 
captain in command of the Headquarters' Company. In September he com- 
manded the 7th Trench Mortar Battery, and was under orders for the front 
when the armistice was signed. Captain Robinson returned to the 80th Field 
Artillery where he resumed command of Battery D. From here he was sent 
to the Army of Occupation and stationed for four months near Metz. In 
June, 1919, he returned to the United States. 

ROGERS, WILLIAM H., after having completed the Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course, State College, Pa., worked as chemist with rank of private in 
the Government Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Md. 

ROWLAND, ROGER WHITAKER, was a cadet with the 5th Detach- 
ment, Aviation Section, Signal Corps. In France he saw action in the air 
service and escaped without injury. 

SANDERS, WALTER MORELL, enlisted at Fort Sill, Okla., and De- 
cember, 1917, in the 137th Aero Squadron. He sailed for France March, 1918, 
and was discharged March 28, 1919. 

*SANKER, RICHARD E., enlisted June 22, 1918, in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force for a term of four years. He attended the Great Lakes Naval 
Station school for officers, thence he was sent to Camp Decatur, 111., to Camp 
Perry, Ohio, and to Camp Lawrence. He died March 11, 1919, of tubercular 
meningitis. 

SAUERHOFF, GEORGE JAFFREY, enlisted at Camp Dix, N. J., Sep- 
tember 21, 1917, with Company C, 153rd Depot Brigade. He received promo- 
tions from corporal to sergeant, to sergeant, first class, and in April, 1918, 
was commissioned second lieutenant in the Signal Reserve Corps. He was 
connected at Camp Dix, with the 303rd Field Signal Battalion, and in May, 
sailed for France with the 78th Division. September 15, 1918, with this 
division he joined the 2nd Division at Thiaucourt, which position they held for 
three weeks. At this time Lieutenant Sauerhofif received a regimental com- 
mendation for telephone services given his regiment. From October 4, 1918, 
he was in the Argonne Forest until the armistice was signed. He returned 
to the United States and was discharged July 5, 1919. 

SCHARF, JAMES MILTON, enlisted in the Regular Army Medical 
Corps and was stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. In December, 1918, he 
was discharged with the rank of sergeant, first class. 

SCHANCHE, HERMAN GARNER, enlisted in December, 1917, with 
the 20th Engineers, and was assigned to Company C, 7th Battalion. In Jan- 
uary he was transferred to Regimental Headquarters Company, and in April, 
1918, was transferred to the Air Service and stationed in New York City. He 
was made second lieutenant in this branch in November, 1918, and was dis- 
charged February 1, 1919. 

SCHOOLEY, ROBERT ENOCH, enlisted as a first class private in the 
Aviation Section and was called into active service May 18, 1918, going to the 
ground school at Cornell University, where he became a corporal. 



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SCHUCKER, LESTER RANN, attended the ground school of the 
Aviation Service, at Ohio State University, Columbus, O., was sent to Camp 
Dick, Texas, and from there to the School of Fire, at Fort Sill, Okla. Later 
he was transferred to Post Field, Okla., for advanced training as a flying 
artillery observer. He was commissioned second lieutenant Aviation Section, 
Signal Reserve Corps, and discharged at Camp Sherman, O., January 18, 1919. 

SCHUMACKER, WALTER, served in France as lieutenant, in the 
Field Artillery. 

SCOLLINS, MICHAEL PAUL, entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., 
with the 305th Engineer Train. He was then transferred to the Ammunition 
Train and then to the Medical Detachment, 80th Division. He was sent to 
the Officers' Training School at Camp Jackson, S. C, and later to the Field 
Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky. Mr. Scollins 
was commissioned second lieutenant of this camp, October 9, 1918, sent to 
Camp Jackson, S. C, and later to the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Okla., where 
he was discharged January 17, 1919. 

SCHILBE, CLEMENT JOHN ANDREWS, enlisted in the Infantry 
Officers' Training School at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., May 15, 1918, 
with the Penn State College delegation. July 1, 1918, he was transferred to 
the Central Officers' Training School at Camp Lee, Va., and in August, was 
assigned as corporal to Company C, 379th Infantry, 95th Division, at Camp 
Sherman, Ohio, where he was discharged December 10, 1918. 

SHOEMAKER, PHILIP, saw service in France as second lieutenant of 
a Machine Gun Battalion in the 28th Division. 

SHOOK, HERBERT DANIEL, served with Battery A, 311th Field 
Artillery at Camp Meade, Md., and in December, 1917, was transferred to 
Headquarters' Troop, 79th Division. In July, the following year, he sailed 
for France, where he was located with the First Army Headquarters Troop. 
He returned to the United States in May, and was discharged June 11, 1919, 
at Camp Dix, N. J. 

SIMPLER, ALBERT ALLEN, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp and was commissioned second lieutenant at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He 
sailed for France in the middle of December, 1917. From January to March, 
he attended the Heavy Artillery School in France and then joined his com- 
pany at the front. He was connected with the 3rd Battalion, 44th Artillery, 
Coast Artillery Corps. 

SIMPSON, RAYMOND ADDISON, enlisted in the 109th Ambulance 
Company, 28th Division, and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga. He sailed 
for France where he served at Chateau Thierry in a dressing station until 
transferred to ambulance duty. While delivering some surgical dresssings 
at the station he was hit by a piece of high explosive and was sent to a hos- 
pital. After his return home January 3, 1919, he was discharged at Camp 
Dix, N. J. 

SMITH, ANDREW FOSTER, enlisted in Company F, 10th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, at the outbreak of the Mexican trouble. He was appointed 
to take the officers' training course, and was discharged from the 10th In- 
fantry and enlisted in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, 
N. Y., the same day. Receiving his commission as second lieutenant, he was 



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ordered to Camp Meade, where he was assigned to Company A, 314th Infan- 
try, 79th Division, in command of the second platoon. 

SMITH, CHARLES C, was stationed at Fort DuPont, Delaware City, 
Del., as second lieutenant, in the Coast Artillery Corps. 

SMITH, HAROLD E., served as private in the Ordnance Department 
and was located at U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 1, Sheffield, Ala. 

SMITH, LEONARD RICHARD, enrolled as a member of the 6th Com- 
pany in the Ordnance Supply School at Penn State, and was there inducted 
into service January 30, 1918. From here he was transferred to Rock Island 
Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., thence he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., and 
assigned to Company A of the Provisional Regiment. He sailed for France, 
August 31, 1918, on which trip the convoy was scattered by submarines oS 
the Irish Coast and the 5th Battalion was compelled to land at Glasgow, Scot- 
land, thence he was sent to Winchester, England. On September 17, he 
sailed for France, being sent to the Ordnance Concentration Camp at Mehun 
in Central France. October 10 Mr. Smith was transferred to Ordnance De- 
partment No. 4 at Forcy, was promoted to Corporal of Ordnance and as- 
signed to Ammunition Sector, 1st Army Ordnance. December, 1918, and 
January, 1919, Corporal Smith was with the 3rd Army near Coblenz, Ger- 
many. Transferred March 21, 1919, to Mehun he was assigned to Base Ord- 
nance Department No. 1 at St. Nazaire and remained there until he embarked 
July 18 for home. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., August 6, 1919. 

SMITH, ROBERT W., in April, 1918, left the Carnegie Institute of 
Technology, where he had served as an instructor in radio mechanics, to enlist 
in the Signal Corps, Washington, D. C. He was sent to the U. S. Radio 
School, Camp Baker, Md., May 20, 1918, where he served until August, 
when he was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the Officers' 
Training Battalion at Camp Vail, N. J. On November 1, 1918, he was assigned 
to the 12th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, and on January 20, 1919, was 
discharged from the service. 

SNODGRASS, HENRY WORTH, attended the Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant 
and sent to the 310th Field Artillery, Camp Meade, Md. He was attached 
to the Air Service for training as aerial observer May, 1918, and trained at 
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., and at Selfridge Field, Mich. He served with 
the American Expeditionary Force in France from October 1, 1918, to July 
5, 1919, where he was attached to the Signal Corps, Aero School, 99th Aero 
Squadron. He was discharged July 24, 1919. 

SNYDER, CHARLES FISHER, entered the National Army at Sun- 
bury, Pa. He was sent to Camp Meade and assigned to Battery B, 310th Field 
Artillery. He was made an acting corporal immediately and served as such 
until he was transferred in January, 1918, to the Gas Defense Service, to 
engage in the manufacture of gas masks at Philadelphia. He was later sent 
to the Long Island laboratories of the Gas Defense Division. 

SPANGLER, HOMER LIGHT, enlisted in the infantry and was ser- 
geant in Company A, 312th Infantry, 78th Division, with which company he 
went overseas. 



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SPANOGLE, JOHN ANDREW, was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the Coast Artillery Corps, and sent to Philadelphia for guard duty with 
Battery A, 60th Artillery, which organization he joined at Fort DuPont, 
Del. He was commissioned first lieutenant and went with his battery to Camp 
Stewart, Newport News, Va., and at once overseas. Here he was detailed to 
the Air Service for aerial observer, assigned to the 99th Aero Squadron. After 
the armistice he returned to the United States as a casual. After spending 
some time as a patient in the Walter Reed Hospital he retired from active 
service March 8, 1920. 

SPROUT, C. D., enlisted September 20, 1918, and was sent to Fort Cas- 
well, N. C. After passing the officers' examinations at Fort Monroe, Va., 
he was assigned to Company H, Coast Artillery Corps. After the signing 
of the armistice he was discharged from this same camp. 

STAUFFER, RUSSELL S., entered the Second Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was commissioned second lieutenant, Novem- 
ber 27, 1917, and ordered to Camp Jackson, S. C, where he was attached 
to 321st Infantry and in January, 1918, was assigned to the 51st Pioneer 
Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, S. C. He sailed for France, July, 1918, where he 
was sent at once to the Toul sector. In September Mr. Staufifer was attached 
to Company F, 1st Engineers, for the St. Mihiel offensive. After this engage- 
ment he returned to Toul with a special detachment to prepare for the 
Argonne offensive. He rejoined his company at Vigneulles, November 12, 
1918, and with the Fourth Corps of the Army of Occupation was stationed 
near Coblenz. With this organization he did guard duty as first lieutenant, 
on the railroads, then proceeded down the Moselle river. On March 12, 1919, 
he was ordered back to France, as instructor in the American Expeditionary 
Force University. He returned to New York and was discharged July 8, 1919. 

STONE, RUBER NELSON, was a member of the 305th Medical Of- 
ficers' Reserve School, 80th Division, while in France. 

STONE, MYRL, enlisted August 25, 1918, and was sent to Camp Lee, 
Va., to the trained test section of the personnel office. Here he worked until 
December 10, 1918, when he was transferred to the mustering office and 
then to the educational department of the base hospital. From March 6 
to May 7, 1919, he served with the Medical Corps at the port of embarkation, 
Hoboken, N. J. 

STRICKLER, ALFRED B., entered the First Officers' Training Corps, 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917. Later he served as assistant mechanical 
engineer in the production of the recoil mechanism for 75-mm. guns. 

S-rULL, EUGENE STROUD, JR., enlisted with 1st Troop, First Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga. Overseas he was 
commissioned second lieutenant of Field Artillery. He was sent to the 
Saumur Artillery School in France. 

STUMPF, WILLIAM ALBERT, attended the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, Fort Porter, N. Y. 

SWANGER, WILLIAM H., entered the Second Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in August, 1917, where he was commissioned 
first lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve Corps and assigned to the 34th 
Infantry Regular Army, at Fort Bliss, Tex. Here he was transferred to 21st 



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Machine Gun Battery and with that unit was stationed at Camp Baker, 
Tex., until June 10, 1918. In July of that year Lieutenant Swanger sailed 
for France with the 7th Division and later went into the line near Pont-a- 
Mousson, about October 1, 1918. After the armistice he was transferred to 
the Criminal Investigation Section as photographer, being stationed at St. 
Nazaire. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., September 3, 1919. Lieu- 
tenant Swanger received a citation from General Pershing. 

SWARTZ, OSCAR WILLIAM, served as sergeant at Camp Lee, Va., 
where he was attached to Company L, 319th Infantry. 

SWEENEY, JOSEPH RUSSELL, joined the Medical Reserve Corps, 
December 20, 1917, and was transferred in 1918 to the Student Army Train- 
ing Corps Unit, University of Pennsylvania. Here he was discharged De- 
cember 20. 

TEXTER, CLIFFORD RAYMOND, was inducted into the service at 
Camp Lee, Va., and was a member of Machine Gun Company, 318th In- 
fantry. He sailed for France with this regiment in May, 1918, and was 
engaged in the Somme, in Argonne and at the Meuse-Argonne oflensive 
in September and October. He attended an Officers' School in France, was 
commissioned second lieutenant, returned to the United States in July, 1919, 
and was discharged. 

THACKERY, GEORGE EDWARD, completed his ground school 
training for the Naval Air Service at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology and was later awarded a commission as ensign. While in France he 
was stationed in Paris and was flight commander of a night bombing group. 

THOMAS, RICHARD WALTER, attended the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., was later commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Chemical Corps, stationed at Camp Meade, Md. 

THOMAS, WILLIAM C, enlisted July 7, 1917, as first class private, 
in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, and was sent to the Cornell Ground 
School at Ithaca, N. Y. He finished Ground School training September 7, 
and was sent overseas September 25, for training in French Flying School — 
one of the twelve men first sent from the Cornell School. He received 
preliminary flying training at L'Ecole d' Aviation, Tours, France, and was 
commissioned first lieutenant April 26, 1918. He received advanced training 
at Issoudon, France, the American Instruction Center. He was sent to 
the front September 1, 1918, and assigned to the 12th Aero Squadron which 
was a part of the First Army Corps, Observation Group. Lieutenant Thomas 
took an active part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and 
afterwards went into Germany with the Army of Occupation. He was 
promoted to rank of captain March 15, 1919. Departure from Coblenz was 
eft'ected on April 15, with arrival in New York June, 1919, and discharge 
took place July, 1919. 

Two citations were awarded by General Pershing to Captain Thomas 
for service in the Argonne oft'ensive, and the Meuse. In the latter engage- 
ment, in addition to accomplishing a difficult and dangerous contact mis- 
sion, he attacked alone enemy troops which had surrounded one of the 
American tanks, and in spite of a terrible fire from the ground, drove them 
off, thus enabling the tank to return to the lines. At one time Captain 
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THOMPSON, FRANKLIN BELL, JR., enlisted August 10, 1917, and 
was sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio. In April, 1918, he sailed from Philadel- 
phia, and on the other side he trained in the Brittany area and became a 
sergeant, field artillery. He entered the war zone in June with the 10th 
French army in the Verdun Sector. Later he was sent to an artillery school 
and was commissioned second lieutenant, field artillery. Lieutenant Thomp- 
son served with the 324th Division in the Army of Occupation and was in 
Germany until May 2, 1919. He was discharged the latter part of this month. 

TODD, COCHRAN MILLER, enlisted in the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Ma- 
chine Gun Battalion and from Camp Meade, Md., went to France with this 
organization. 

TRAINER, JOHN FROST, entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant, 
August 15, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Meade, Md., then to Camp 
McClellan, Ala., where he was assigned to the 115th Infantry. He was 
later sent to Camp Lee, Va., and there discharged December, 1918, as first 
lieutenant. 

*TURN, RAYMOND TOWNSEND, answered the call of his country 
early in May, 1917, and was sent to the training camp at Fort Niagara. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry and assigned to Company 
I, 315th Infantry, 79th Division, Camp Meade. Later in the year he was 
sent to Fort Sill, Okla., to take special training in field fortification work, 
and on completion of this course, returned to his regiment at Meade, 
where he was promoted to first lieutenant. 

Early in July, 1918, he sailed with his regiment for France, and after 
about six weeks of special training over there, his division was moved up 
to the firing line and went into action September 24th. Lieutenant Turn 
lost his life while leading his platoon on the morning of September 26th in 
the advance that the 79th was making on Montfaucon. The men had to 
face a severe machine gun fire and took shelter in the shell holes. Rising 
to call his sergeant. Lieutenant Turn uttered an exclamation and shook his 
hand, indicating that he had been hit. About five seconds later there was 
an explosion about his person which killed him instantly. The machine gun 
bullet, piercing his hand, had hit a hand grenade in his pocket, knocking the 
pin out and starting the fuse. Lieutenant Turn was buried at Romagne. 

UNDERBILL, ARTHUR BLACKBURN, entered the Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and there passed 
successfully all examinations but the color test. Because this deficiency 
prevented his securing a commission, he was recommended for the Ambu- 
lance Service. He enlisted at Allentown, Pa., with unit No. 554, and with 
this organization served overseas with the French Army. 

VAN AKEN, HOMER L., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., May 15, 1917, and was recommended 
for Infantry Commission but discharged on account of physical disability 
on November 20, 1917. He was inducted into the service by draft July 24, 
1918, and sent to the 154th Depot Brigade at Camp Meade, Md. He was 
assigned to Headquarters Company, 31st Field Artillery, under command 
of Captain George Boyd, ('14). On September 18, 1918, he was transferred 
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until his discharge as sergeant, first class, April 4, 1919, he was located in 
Washington, D. C. 

WALLACE, JAMES W., served with Section 549, U. S. Army Ambu- 
lance Corps, at Allentown, Pa., and with that organization left for France. 

WALTER, EDWARD, served as first lieutenant with the 312th In- 
fantry, 78th Division, at Camp Dix, N. J., and overseas with the same 
organization. He participated in the engagement at St. Mihiel, in the Ar- 
gonne offensive, and was gassed in action at Grandpre, France, October 
21, 1918. 

WALTER, STANLEY ACKERMAN, attended the Second Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn., and at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 
He was commissioned first lieutenant, November 27, 1917, and assigned to 
the 55th U. S. Infantry, 7th Division. He remained with Company M, of 
this regiment, during the entire period of his service overseas, from August 
3, 1918, to June 20, 1919, and was discharged June 30, 1920. 

WALTERS, THOMAS E., attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

WALTERS, WILLIAM HENRY, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Forces as machinist's mate, was sent to Pelham Bay, N. Y., and later to 
Stevens Institute. Leaving there as warrant machinist, he was attached 
to the U. S. S. Westerdyk. 

WALTON, IRWIN E., enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps, June, 1918, 
was sent to Paris Island, S. C, then transferred to the Marine Barracks, 
Quantico, Va., where he served in the Isolation Hospital Corps. He was 
then transferred to the 5th Battalion, the 7th, the provost's guard, and the 
Balloon Detachment of the Heavy Artillery in quick succession. In January, 
1919, he was discharged. 

WARE, CLAUDE EDWARD, served with the 316th Infantry at Camp 
Meade, Md. He was later transferred to the 35th Engineers, Camp Grant, 
111., with which organization he spent fifteen months overseas. 

WARNER, DANIEL LEVI, enjoyed the distinction of having his 
number the first one drawn at Washington for the National Army. 

WELLS, HARRY R., served at Camp Lee, Va., with the National 
Army, was made assistant discharge officer, and was himself discharged 
August 9, 1919. 

WENTZEL, LYDA BELLE, enlisted as dietitian and was sent to Camp 
Wadsworth, S. C. Here she served as instructor of dietetics in the army 
school of nursing, and later sent to U. S. Army Hospital No. 21, as dietitian. 
She was then transferred to Plattsburg Barracks, and then to Carlisle, Pa., 
where she was discharged. 

WERTZ, AUGUSTUS S., enlisted September 19, 1917, and was as- 
signed to the 11th Battery, Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. He was 
soon transferred to Machine Gun Company 316, where he was promoted 
to sergeant. In January, 1918, he was assigned to Officers' Training School, 
in Light Field Artillery. In April of that year he was sent to Camp Jackson, 
S. C, where he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, and 
assigned to the 14th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot. With 



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this unit Lieutenant Wertz served until he was attached to the School of 
Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., after graduating from which he was sent to Radio 
Communication School in the Air Service School of Columbia University, 
N. Y. Upon graduation he was detailed to an Artillery Brigade Radio 
Receiving Office, and was discharged from the service January 14, 1919. 

WEST, GEORGE SENS, enlisted with Company E, 19th Reserve Engi- 
neers, and sailed from New York, August 7, 1917. With this organization 
he served as sergeant, master engineer and second lieutenant. He was de- 
tailed for thirteen months, as representative of the American Expeditionary 
Forces to the Belgian State Railways. 

WHITEMAN, RALPH A., enlisted January 5, 1918, in the Third Of- 
ficers' Training Camp, Camp Dix, N. J. He was assigned to the 312th 
Infantry, Company D, appointed a corporal, and sailed for France in May. 
In September, with a squad of seven men, he rushed a machine gun nest 
and regained his own lines with a machine gun and several German prisoners 
to his credit. For this exploit he was made sergeant, which rank he held 
throughout his service, declining a commission as second lieutenant in the 
Reserve Corps. Mr. Whiteman served on the St. Mihiel front until October 

4, 1918, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive from October 16 to November 

5, 1918. From the signing of the armistice until May, 1919, he was stationed 
at Seigny, with Company D, and in March of that year he received in Gen- 
eral Orders No. 6, Headquarters of the 78th Division, a citation for bravery 
in action. He returned to the United States in May, 1919, and was dis- 
charged at Camp Dix, N. J., May 31, 1919. 

He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross in December, 
1919, and in General Orders No. 98 was cited for extraordinary heroism in 
action at Grand Pre, France, October 18, 1918. "When his detachment had 
become disorganized by sniper and machine-gun fire. Sergeant Whiteman, 
without regard for personal danger, reorganized his command, and by his 
gallant example led his men against the enemy machine-gun position, cap- 
turing it and bringing the gun back to our lines." 

WHITING, LAWRENCE DERLAND, joined the Food Division of 
the Sanitary Corps, and was rated as sergeant. He served at Camp Green- 
leaf, S. C, and Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. In October, 1918, he was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Camp Lee, Va., as nutritian officer, and sent from there to 
Hoboken, N. J., in the same capacity. 

WILLIAMS, CARLOS FROST, enlisted in the Officers' Training 
Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., August 27, 1917, and was commissioned first 
lieutenant, in November. He was attached to the 302nd Infantry, 76th 
Division, Camp Devens, Mass., and in June, 1918, was assigned to the U. S. 
A. Training Detachment, Cornell University, then sent as inspector for the 
Third Military District, with headquarters at Philadelphia. He was dis- 
charged March 23, 1919. 

WILLIAMS, DONALD, served at Camp Lee, Va., with the 8th Train- 
ing Battalion. 

WILKINS, WARREN SIEBERT, enlisted January 5, 1918, at Camp 
Dix, N. J., in the Third Officers' Training School. He went to France as 
sergeant, Battery B, 309th Field Artillery, 78th Division, and served at 
the front at Deuillard. From there he went with his Regiment into the 



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Argonne and in all participated in the St. Mihiel offensive, the Preuille 
raid, the Meuse-Argonne and the attack upon Grand Pre. He was rated 
sharp shooter. After the armistice he was billeted at Verdun, then at Fresne, 
and thence left for home, where he was discharged at Camp Mills, L. I., 
April 24, 1919. 

WILSON, DONALD ANDREW, early in 1917, joined the Royal Fly- 
ing Corps. While overseas he was transferred to the American Forces as 
first lieutenant of the Aviation Section Signal Corps. 

WOMER, D. E., entered the service July 19, 1917, in Company M, 7th 
U. S. Infantry, was promoted to corporal and sergeant. In September of 
that year he was transferred to the 152nd Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, 
L. I., where he was promoted to sergeant, first class. In January, 1918, he 
was transferred to the First Provisional Recruit Battalion, American Ex- 
peditionary Force, and sailed for France, January 16, 1918. He was trans- 
ferred to the Training Battalion of the 26th U. S. Infantry, where he became 
battalion sergeant major. In May, of this year, he was transferred to 161st 
Infantry, and in July was again transferred to the Army Candidates School 
at Langres, France, where he was commissioned second lieutenant and 
attached to the 350th Infantry. He returned to the United States May, 
1919, and was mustered out of service in June. 

WOODWARD, STUART IRVIN, was at Camp Meade, Md., with the 
314th Infantry. 

WORTHINGTON, A. C, enlisted February 27, 1918, in the 39th Engi- 
neers, Company A, at Camp Upton, L. I. In August 1, 1918, he was pro- 
moted to sergeant and served with the American Expeditionary Forces, 
France, from June 18, 1918, to June 24, 1919, as instructor, military and physi- 
cal. His battalion was given a division of railroad on the Paris-Lyon-Medi- 
terranean lines. 

YOHN, GEORGE WESLEY, enlisted July 26, 1917, and trained at 
Camp Hancock, Ga., Company D, 111th Infantry, which was the old 18th 
Pennsylvania National Guard. He served with this organization overseas 
from May 5, 1918, to April 27, 1919, and was discharged May 26, 1919. 

ZELLER, JOHN HENRY, enlisted as pilot in the Heavier than Air 
Craft, U. S. Naval Flying Corps, and went to the Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., from here he was sent to the U. S. Naval 
Air Station, Miami, Fla., for his preliminary flying work, where he was 
attached to the 7th Squadron. 

ZETH, ARTHUR McCLURE, served as sergeant, first class, in General 
Hospital No. 20, Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Ariz. 

1918 

AICHROTH, CHARLES T., entered the Central Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Camp Lee, Va., on September 9, 1918. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant of Infantry and mustered out of service. 

ALEXANDER, R. G., enlisted in the Signal Corps, June 23, 1917, and 
placed on reserve. He reported for duty at Camp Lee, Va., October 12, 1917, 
and was assigned to Company A, 305th Field Signal Battalion, 80th Division. 



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He received the grade of corporal on December 16, 1917, and qualified as 
sergeant, first class, March 1, 1918. Sergeant Alexander sailed from New- 
port News, Va., May 26, 1918, and arrived at Bassens, near Bordeaux, June 
8, 1918. He participated in his first engagement July 23 to August 18, 1918, 
in the Somme offensive, Artois sector, with the New Zealand Division of 
the British Army. He was then in the St. Mihiel offensive, September 12-16, 

1918, and in the Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 12, 1918, and 
November 1-7, 1918. He left Brest May 20, 1919, and arrived in the United 
States May 30, 1919. He received his discharge, June 7, 1919. 

ALLISON, FRANK F., enlisted in the Naval Aviation, United States 
Naval Reserve Force, on February 16, 1918, and was called into active duty 
at U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, Cambridge, Mass., on May 27, 1918. 
He completed the ground school course at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Cambridge, Mass., and left for the flying school August 18, 1918. 
He completed preliminary flying November 20, 1918, at Bay Shore, Long 
Island, N. Y., and was placed on inactive duty November 27, 1918. 

ANDERSON, FREDERICK C. B., enlisted in September, 1917, in 
Company B, 103rd Engineers, 28th Division. He served in France with the 
American Expeditionary Force as a corporal from May 19, 1918, to July 22, 

1919. He participated in the following battles: Chateau Thierry sector, 
June 28 to July 13, 1918; Fifth German off'ensive, July 14-27, 1918; advance 
on Ourcq and Vesle, July 28 to September 7, 1918; Oise-Aisne, September 
7-9, 1918; Meuse- Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 9, 1918, and 
Thiacourt sector, October 15 to November 11, 1918. He was on detached 
service at the University of Toulouse, France, from March 1, 1919, to July 
2, 1919. He received his discharge from service, July 31, 1919. 

ANDERSON, RUSSELL M., entered the Fourth Reserve Officers' 
Training School in May, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery, in August, 1918, at the Field Artillery 
Reserve Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was 
assigned to Battery D, 30th Field Artillery, 10th Division, and was stationed 
at Camp Funston, Kan., until December, 1918, and Fort Sill, Okla., from 
December, 1918, until the time of his discharge. 

ANIX, ALBERT, enlisted July 9, 1917, in the Quartermaster Corps, and 
was assigned to duty at Gettysburg, Pa., with the Regular Army. Trans- 
ferred to the Camp Quartermaster, he served in the administrative section 
as a private, first class. In March, 1918, he applied for transfer to the 304th 
Engineers, 79th Division. He sailed on July 9, 1918, with his regiment, and 
in August, stricken with the Spanish influenza, he was removed to the hos- 
pital. After a short stay there he entrained to join his regiment. On Sep- 
tember 12, 1918, he was severely gassed and was removed to the hospital. 
He was assigned to the 116th Engineers in October, 1918. After the signing 
of the armistice he was sent to Base Hospital No. 6, Bordeaux. He sailed 
from Bordeaux on December 18, 1918, and arrived at Newport News, Va., 
December 21. After a further examination he was assigned to the U. S. Gen- 
eral Hospital No. 9, where he remained for fourteen weeks. On April 9, 1919, 
he was discharged with a ten per cent, disability. The Federal Board for 
Vocational Training assigned him to Penn State to complete his studies, and 
he was graduated February 2, 1920. 



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ARNER, OSCAR Q., enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Course at State Col- 
lege, Pa., and went to the training school at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 
111. On January 26, 1918, he enlisted at Washington, D. C, and was trans- 
ferred back to State College for a six weeks' course in Ordnance. He again 
went to Rock Island Arsenal and then to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he was 
assigned to Company Q, 2nd Provisional Regiment, Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp. On May 15, 1918, he was transferred to the 40th Depot Company 
at Camp Hancock, and from there to Camp Raritan, N. J., with the 40th Com- 
pany. He was transferred from the 40th Company to Headquarters' Com- 
pany and received his warrant as corporal. On September 12, 1918, he re- 
ceived warrant as sergeant, and on October 22, was appointed first sergeant 
of Headquarters' Company. He remained in that capacity until his dis- 
charge on April 9, 1919. 

ASHE, WILLIAM A., entered the Ordnance Course at The Pennsylvania 
State College, September 27, 1917. 

ATHERTON, JAMES E., on August 20, 1917, entered the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, was commissioned second lieutenant and stationed 
at Camp Meade, Md. He sailed for France July, 1918, with the 314th In- 
fantry, National Army. He was promoted to first lieutenant. 

BAILEY, LOUIS W. F., was commissioned second lieutenant. Coast 
Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va., June 10, 1918, and discharged January 
15, 1919. 

BALTIMORE, LOUIS G., enlisted in the Medical Officers' Reserve 
Corps. He was also a member of Students' Army Training Corps at State 
College, Pa. 

BAKER, WALTER LEWIS, enlisted December 8, 1917, as private in 
the Engineer Corps. He was attached to the 30th Engineers, which worked 
independently. 

BARBER, SAMUEL K., enlisted in the service at Camp Lee, Va., 
December 13, 1918. 

BARD, J. KRAYBILL, entered the U. S. Marine Corps May 24, 1918, 

and sent to Paris Island, S. C, May 25, where he was assigned to Company 
116, Battalion U, May 28. He was transferred to the Non-Commissioned 
Officers' School, Company O, on July 11. On August 28 he was assigned to 
Company 214, Battalion N. When Company 214 was broken up, he was 
assigned to 364 Company, Battalion N. Bard had received the corporal's war- 
rant on September 12. On November 19 he was detailed to 449th Company, 
Battalion U. On January 9, 1919, he was sent to the machine-gun school at 
Utica, N. Y., and transferred to Paris Island, February 9. He was sent in a 
draft of fifty non-coms, and 1,000 privates for a special detachment of mounted 
police at Philadelphia Navy Yard on February 16. On April 7, he was pro- 
moted to quartermaster sergeant. He was transferred on June 16 to the Naval 
Rifle Range at Caldwell, N. J. On June 17 he was detached for duty with 
motor transport companies, as non-commissioned officer in charge of Navy 
and Marine Corps personnel. He was transferred to Philadelphia and dis- 
charged September 2, 1919. 

BARKER, GEORGE S., was commissioned second lieutenant of In- 
fantry, September 11, 1918, and served overseas. 



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BARNARD, WALTER F., enlisted in the United States Navy, March 
14, 1918, and served as a marine guard on board the U. S. S. Virginia. 

BARRON, HAROLD E., enlisted in the Ordnance Department, July 
9, 1917. He vi^as sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he served as ord- 
nance sergeant. Sergeant Barron served overseas at Artillery Repair Park 
No. 101, Sector 215. He was also a student at the University of Toulouse, 
in the Beaux Arts Schools, and took a prominent part in the athletic work of 
the American Expeditionary Force in France. 

BAUMAN, CLAIR S., entered the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps at 
Harvard University Medical School, and was in training there until the sign- 
ing of the armistice, when he was discharged. 

BENNETT, FRANK B., entered Camp Lee, Va., June 25, 1918, and was 
assigned to 6th Company, 2nd Training Battalion, as sergeant. He was sent 
to Central Officers' Training School. Finished the course on November 23, 
and took a complete discharge. 

BENNETT, RICHARD C, served in the Penn State Unit, Section 
530, United States Ambulance Corps, Allentown, Pa., and on detached 
service, Officers' Training School, Camp Meade, Md. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery, at end of Third Officers' Training School 
and served at Camp Jackson, S. C, and also at Camp Custer, Mich. He was 
discharged from the 40th Field Artilery, 14th Division, December 4, 1919. 

BIERY, JAY M., entered the Science and Research Department, and 
left for Waco, Texas., on April 18, 1918. He was later sent to the Agricultural 
and Mechanical College, College Station, Texas, for training. He was then 
sent to France, reporting to Colombey les Belles, near Toul. He was sent by 
the Meteorological Service, Signal Corps, to various stations on active service. 
Biery's detachment left France as a member of a casuals' company, 321st 
Field Signal Battalion, April 8, 1919, and after reaching the United States 
was discharged April 28, 1919. 

BLACK, VIRGIL A., served with the 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
National Guard, on the Mexican border, and in the fall of 1917 was 
admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant, assigned to Company K, 18th Infantry, 
and sent overseas with this unit. Lieutenant Black was severely gassed and 
unable to return to his outfit. 

BLAKESLEE, RUSSELL, D., enlisted March 1, 1918, and was sent 
at once to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. He was stationed there for 
four weeks and then sent to Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio. After 
taking a six weeks' course in the school he passed his examinations. On 
June 7, 1918, he was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., for embarkation for France. 
Blakeslee served with the 11th Aero Service Squadron while in France. 

BLISS, GEORGE L., entered the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Meyer, Va., May 14, 1917, and on June 15, 1917, was transferred to the 
First Officers' Training Camp, Fort Monroe, Va. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, and assigned to the Coast 
Defenses of the Potomac. Lieutenant Bliss was promoted February 7, 1918, 
to first lieutenant. Coast Artillery, National Army, and assigned to the 58th 
Regiment for foreign service. He was transferred to Fort Howard, Md. 
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BODNAR, GEORGE P., entered the service in September, 1918, and was 
in training at Camp Meade, Md., for two months. He was then transferred 
to Washington, D. C, to Engineering Ordnance Department, where he 
remained until his discharge, December 17, 1918. 

BOND, L. W., enlisted in Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., on August 28, 1917, and was discharged October 2, 1917, 
on account of goitre. On September 17, 1917, he enlisted in Ordnance Corps, 
and was discharged December 12, 1918. He was at Camp Meade, Md., from 
September 17 to October 30, 1918, and was in the Trench Warfare Section, 
Ordnance Engineering Department, until discharged. Bond served as a pri- 
vate throughout the service. 

BOOR, LANDISLAV, enlisted August 31, 1918, and was in training at 
Camp Forrest, Ga., where he was assigned to Headquarters Company, 211th 
Engineers. He was appointed sergeant, in October, 1918. He joined 11th 
Division at Camp Meade, Md., in October, 1918. In November he was ap- 
pointed sergeant, first class. He received his discharge January 15, 1919. 

BOWMAN, HARVEY R., enlisted in the Medical Enlisted Reserve 
Corps, at State College, Pa., on June 1, 1917, was ordered to report at 
Allentown, Pa., on June 19, 1917, and arrived there on the same day. He 
served as a private until July 1, 1917, when he received a limited warrant as 
sergeant, first class. Medical Department. Sergeant Bowman served with 
Section 530, United States Army Ambulance Service, from June 9 to July 1, 
1917. On May 14, 1918, he received a warrant as sergeant, first class. Medical 
Department, National Army, and was transferred to the personnel depart- 
ment and assigned as assistant in gas defense instruction. He served with 
the gas officer till November 15, 1918, when he was transferred to the per- 
sonnel section. He was made hospital sergeant, November 26, 1918, and con- 
tinued service at Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., until January 3, 1919, when 
he was discharged. 

BOYLE, FRANK J., on August 20, 1917, entered the Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp and was commissioned second lieutenant Medical Corps. 

BRADENBAUGH, WILLIAM B., on May 11, 1917, entered the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, Quartermaster's Corps, and assigned to Camp 
Meade, Md. On November 8 he was ordered to Newport News, Va., and 
assigned to duty at Engineer Depot, Norfolk, with the Water Transportation 
Department. On July 3, he was relieved from Engineer Depot and assigned 
to U. S. Army transport Hewitt, as transport quartermaster. He sailed from 
Newport News, July 10, arrived in Havre, France, July 28, 1918. He returned 
to the United States September 5, and was relieved from transport duty 
and assigned to Army Base, Norfolk, as survey officer. He was promoted 
to first lieutenant, and received his discharge June 8, 1919. 

*BRAKER, GEORGE ELMER, JR., entered the Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. He 
was assigned to Company K, 4th Infantry, and later promoted to first lieu- 
tenant. Lieutenant Braker was sent to France in April, 1918. While fighting 
near Mont St. Pare his major and captain were killed, and he assumed com- 
mand of the outfit. Lieutenant Braker was killed in action July 24, 1918. 

BREMEN, DAVID, enlisted in the service at Washington, D. C, De- 
cember 14, 1917. He served as private in the Ordnance Enlisted Reserve 



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Corps, and was assigned to the American University Detacliment, Gun Di- 
vision, Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C. 

BRENNER, CLARENCE SIDNEY, enlisted May 15, 1917, with the 
Railway Engineers, Company A, 15th Regiment, as private, first class. He 
was later promoted to corporal and in October, 1918, was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Railway Transportation Corps. 

BRINKER, SOLOMON RICHARD, enlisted at Camp Lee, Va., Jan- 
uary 30, 1918, and was attached to Company I, 320th Infantry. While 
serving in France with this same outfit he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. 

BRUCKART, ALBERT O., was inducted into service February 2, 1918. 
From February 2 to April 8, 1918, he was at Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, 
Mass., as a student in the School Detachment, Ordnance Enlisted Reserve 
Corps, National Army. From April 9, 1918, to February 14, 1919, he served 
at Camp Mills, in Camp Ordnance Depot Company No. 114. He was dis- 
charged from Camp Mills February 14, 1919. 

BROWN, EARL H., was inducted into the service on May 27, 1918, and 
sent to Camp Meade, Md., where he was placed in the 154th Depot Brigade, 
thence in the 314th Infantry Regiment, Company I. He sailed for Brest, on 
July 15, from there he proceeded to Genieveres, Haute-Marne. He was in 
actual fighting on September 26, 1918, and was wounded at Montfaucon on 
September 29, while acting in the capacity of messenger. The 314th Infantry 
left St. Nazaire on May 15, 1919, and arrived in New York on May 26. Brown 
was discharged May 30, 1919. 

BULLOCK, G. H., enlisted as hospital apprentice in the United States 
Naval Reserve Force, trained at Newport, R. L, four months, and was then 
sent to the receiving ship at New York. He was then sent to U. S. S. 
Harrisburg for sea duty. He made four trips on the Harrisburg. He received 
his discharge January 15, 1919, after being promoted to pharmacist's mate, 
second class. 

BUMGARDNER, JACOB, enlisted May 15, 1918, at Camp Custer, Battle 
Creek, Mich., and commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, August 
31, 1918, at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was attached to the 37th Field 
Artillery, Camp Lewis, Wash. Lieutenant Bumgardner was later trans- 
ferred to the 13th Ammunition Train, 13th Division, Company A, at Camp 
Lewis, Wash. He was discharged March 1, 1919. 

BUMGARDNER, WALTER LEWIS, attended the Central, Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and was commis- 
sioned there on September 9, 1918, as second lieutenant in Field Artillery. On 
October 15 he was assigned to Battery A, 37th Field Artillery, and transferred 
to Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. He received his discharge in 
February, 1919. 

BURLEIGH, THOMAS D., enlisted October 10, 1917, with the 10th 
Engineers (Forestry), and after serving with them for thirteen months over- 
seas, was discharged February 17, 1919. 

BURNS, RAYMOND D., entered the Infantry branch of the service at 
Camp Lee, Va., on July 24, 1918, as a private in the 31st Company, 8th Bat- 
talion, 155th Depot Brigade. He was made a corporal in the same company 



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on September 1, 1918, and a line sergeant on October 1, 1918. In December, 
1918, he was transferred with same rank into the 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, 
155th Depot Brigade. He was discharged on February 25, 1919. 

BURNS, RAYMOND PATTERSON, enlisted on May 15, 1918, and was 
sent to Camp Custer, Mich. He was transferred to Camp Taylor, Ky., and 
on August 31, 1918, received the commission of second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery. He was then transferred to Camp Lewis, Wash. Lieutenant 
Burns was discharged from the service December 21, 1918. 

BUTLER, HAROLD F., applied for admission to the Officers' Training 
Camp, and was sent to Fort Niagara, N. Y., May, 1917, commissioned second 
lieutenant, August, 1917, and assigned as assistant adjutant to the 154th 
Depot Brigade, 79th Division, Camp Meade, Md. When the 79th Division 
was sent to France, Lieutenant Butler applied for overseas' service, but was 
held at camp to train recruits. He received promotion to first lieutenant, and 
under Brigadier General Gaston, 11th Division, was made camp intelligence 
officer, with the rank of captain. 

BUTZ, CHARLES A., entered the 16th Company, Coast Defenses of 
Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe, Va., May 15, 1918. From July 5 to September 
25, 1918, he was a candidate for a commission in the Fifth Coast Artillery 
Officers' Training School. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Coast 
Artillery Corps, September 25, 1918. From November 1 to December 15, 
1918, he attended the Heavy Artillery School, American Expeditionary Force, 
Angers, France, graduating in the line officers' course. 

BURRELL, HORACE H., enlisted as a cadet in the Naval Balloon 
School, and was sent to Fort Omaha, Neb., March 28, 1918. He was then 
sent to Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, for a machine-gun course, after 
which he was returned to Fort Omaha. In November, 1918, he was sent to 
the U. S. Balloon School, Arcadia, Cal. 

*CAMERON, D. H., enlisted at Newport, R. I., on April 19, 1917, as a 
seaman, first class. He served at Newport until August, when he was trans- 
ferred to the Naval Aviation Section, and prepared in ground school work 
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a company commander 
at the ground school, and on reaching Pensacola, Fla., was made second in 
command of that station. He was transferred to the Marine Aviation Section, 
and received the commission of ensign. While in Naval Aviation he was 
made second lieutenant. He was killed while flying a new plane in a practice 
flight on June 24, 1918. 

CARNER, CHARLES F., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
August 20, 1917. He was stationed at the Naval Reserve Force Barracks, 
Newport, R. I., commissioned ensign, July 5, 1918, and assigned to decoding 
work. He was transferred to the commandant's office, sent overseas, and 
stationed at Trevor Square, England. 

CHAFFEE, MAURICE A., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force on 
May 16, 1918, and was given the rank of first class machinist's mate. On 
July 3, he was called to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The first part of August 
he was sent with a number of others to Base 17, Invergorden, Scotland, 
where he was engaged in assemblying mines, and in helping to lay the 
large mine barrage across the North Sea, where there were 55,600 mines 
placed during the summer of 1918. On October 30, he was assigned as a 



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machinist to the U. S. S. Black Hawk repair ship and flag ship of the mine 
fleet. In the spring of 1919 the fleet was moved to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, 
in order to be nearer to the mine field. 

CHESNUTT, STEWART O., was a member of the 56th Aero Squadron, 
Regular Army, and was ranked as sergeant, first class. He saw twenty-two 
months of foreign service. 

*CLARK, LEROY G., enlisted May 28, 1917, in the ambulance service 
and trained at Allentown, Pa. He sailed August 7 for France and reached the 
front, Verdun Sector, October 9, 1917. During December and January he 
was in the vicinity of Verdun and on January 31, 1918, he was awarded the 
War Cross with citation for bravery under fire. The section took part in 
the drive between Soissons and Rheims and in the early fall of 1918 he was 
working in the Champaign Sector near Chalons close to the heavy artillery. 
In the course of an intense shell fire on October 3 one of the enemy shells 
exploded in the barracks, killing Clark instantly. 

CLARK, MALCOLM F., entered the Penn State Ordnance Train- 
ing Course, was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., assigned to the 3rd Company, 6th 
Battalion, Ordnance Corps, and then to the 1st Regiment, Ordnance Training 
Camp. 

CLARK, ROBERT S., enlisted in Ordnance and in April, 1918, was as- 
signed to AVatertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

COCHRANE, ROBERT K., JR., enlisted in the Heavy Artillery and 
soldiered for a short time at Fort Monroe, Va. On July 6, 1918, he entered 
the Fifth Officers' Training Camp, and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
He was sent to the Coast Defense at Portland, Me. While there he spent a 
month at Fort Baldwin and from there was assigned to the 29th Artillery 
Regiment to prepare for overseas. After the armistice was signed. Lieutenant 
Cochrane was assigned to a permanent coast defense battery, and discharged 
February 15, 1919. 

COE, EDGAR C, entered the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training 
School, and was assigned as a private to the 54th Training Battery. 

COGSWELL, JARVIS B., entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Cavalry. He was sent 
to the Headquarters' Company, 313th Regiment, Camp Meade, Md., and his 
commission was changed to that of Infantry. He was soon promoted to first 
lieutenant. His work was largely with the trench mortars. During the win- 
ter Lieutenant Cogswell first assisted and then directed the trench mortar 
school for officers. The school was discontinued in the spring, and he was 
sent back to his company. After a month's training at Fort Sill, Okla., in 
the newly organized Trench Mortar School, he sailed for overseas' duty. 

COLEMAN, FRANCIS H., was commissioned second lieutenant. Field 
Artillery, and was assigned to Battery E, 1st Field Artillery Reserve Division. 

CONNELL, BYRON J., enlisted March 15, 1918, in the U. S. Naval 
Aviation Service, but did not receive his call until May 10, to report to the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for ground train- 
ing. After completing his ground training he was sent to the Naval Air 
Station, San Diego. Cal., for elementary flying. After finishing his preliminary 
flying training at San Diego, which took about six weeks, he was ordered to 



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Pensacola, Fla., for advanced flying in the larger seaplanes and tor the courses 
in aerial gunnery and bombing. After finishing his training he received the 
pilot's designation and commission as ensign. He was selected to remain at 
Pensacola as an instructor in aerial gunnery. He remained at Pensacola for 
six months. On July 1, 1919, he was transferred to the Naval Air Station at 
Rockaway, N. Y. 

CONNELL, RAYMOND T., on August 20, 1917, enlisted in Com- 
pany B, Pennsylvania Engineers, National Guard, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Company K, 4th Infantry, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. 
In December, 1918, Lieutenant Connell sailed overseas with this outfit. 

COOK, C. MARSHALL, entered the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps on 
July 10, 1917, and was called to Camp Dix, N. J., on October 11, 1917. Here 
he was assigned to Company A, 303rd Field Signal Battalion, 78th Division. 
He left the United States May 26, and arrived in France June 8, 1918. He 
served with the 78th Division in the folowing areas : June 15 to July 19, 1918, 
Nielles-les-Blequin, behind Hazelbrouch ; July 19 to August 20, Roellecourt, 
behind Arras; Bourbonne-les-Bains, American zone, August 21-31 ; Semur-en- 
Aussois (Cote-d'-Orn), Merivan zone, November 15, 1918, to April 24, 1919; 
in the following sectors : Limey and Puvenelle, St. Mihiel, September 16 to 
October 4, 1918 ; Grand Pre, St. Juvin, Argonne Forest, October 16 to Novem- 
ber 5; in the following battles: St. Mihiel ofifensive, September 12-16, 1918; 
Limey sector, St. Mihiel front, September 16 to October 4, 1918; Argonne- 
Meuse ofifensive, October 16 to November 9, 1918. Cook left France on April 
29, 1919, and arrived in New York May 13, 1919. He received his discharge 
May 17, 1919. 

COOLIDGE, DONALD J., entered the 472nd Engineers at Washington, 
D. C, June 1, 1918, and remained with this regiment until June 23. He 
was at Camp Humphreys, Va., from June 23 to July 24 as a member of the 
Engineer Officers' Training School, and later transferred to Camp Lee, Va. 
He received the commission of second lieutenant on September 16, 1918, and 
assigned to 7th Engineer Training Regiment at Camp Humphreys. He was 
transferred on October 26 to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and assigned to 
the command of Company C, 87th Engineers (Light Railway). Lieutenant 
Coolidge had received sailing orders, but the signing of the armistice inter- 
ferred. He received his discharge December 18, 1918. 

COON, A. HARDEN, on May 12, 1917, reported at Madison Barracks, 
N. Y. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, August 15, 
1917, and assigned to the 78th Division, Battery C, 309th Heavy Field 
Artillery, Camp Dix, N. J. While in France, Lieutenant Coon was promoted 
to first lieutenant, and then to captain. He served as adjutant to the colonel, 
Reconnaisance and Orientation Officer of the 309th Field Artillery, and in- 
structor in the Artillery School of Instruction at Camp Coetquidan, France. 

COURTNEY, FRANCIS E., served as an ensign in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force. 

COPE, RICHARD P., entered the Reserve Officers' Training School, but 
was discharged on account of defective eyesight. He finally was drafted 
on second examination and went to Camp Lee, entering the 146th Infantry, 
Company E. He left for overseas' duty on June 15, 1918, and arrived in Brest, 
France, June 22. He went into the trenches August 10, 1918, for the first 
time. He was in action again near Baccarat, Lorraine, August 23, 1918, 



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and rested at Recesourt until the Argonne Forest drive started. He went 
into the drive September 26, 1918, and out of it October 1. He went to the 
rear for a three days' rest, and then started for the St. Mihiel front, near 
Bemey. A week later Cope's division was relieved by the 28th Division. 
The 146th Infantry took part in two drives along the Escaut and Lys rivers, 
Belgium. While in Belgium the armistice was signed. The 146 Infantry left 
Brest for the United States on March 18, arrived in New York April 1, 1919, 
and Cope was discharged April 9, 1919. 

CRAIG, HUGH W., enlisted September 4, 1917, with Company A, 
319th Infantry, Camp Lee, Va. He was appointed corporal October 18, 
and sergeant November 21, 1917. He was transferred to the Third Officers' 
Training Camp, Camp Lee, January 5, 1918, and commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Infantry, June 5, 1918. He was then assigned to the 8th Training 
Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Va. On September 19, 1918, he 
was transferred to Camp Cody, N. M., and assigned to 387th Infantry, 97th 
Division. He was discharged November 30, 1918. 

CRAUMER, LUTHER ELLSWORTH, on May 8, 1918, finished the 
course of instruction at the Third Officers' Training Camp, Camp Meade, 
Md., and was assigned to the 316th Infantry. 

CRESSMAN, LUTHER S., on August 22, 1918, entered the Field Ar- 
tillery Corps, Reserve Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., 
and was assigned to the 7th Training Battery. He was discharged Decem- 
ber 4, 1918. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Field Artillery 
Reserve Corps, December 4, 1918. 

CUBBAGE, BENJAMIN C, enlisted May 31, 1917, in the U. S. Army 
Ambulance Corps at College, and was assigned to the Penn State Section 
No. 529, was sent to Allentown, Pa. With the other members of the section 
Mr. Cubbage received the Italian War Cross. His record is that of the section. 

CZARNECKE, STAN J., served in the Engineer Officers' Training 
School as instructor in explosives, rigging and fortifications. Later he joined 
the 472nd Engineers, Washington, D. C, and August 12, 1918, was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant. 

DALE, N. C, enlisted February 23, 1918, with the Aviation Section, 
Signal Reserve Corps, and reported at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., June, 1918. 
He was transferred to the ground school, Austin, Tex., and on September 28, 
1918, to the 64th Squadron in that school. He was sent back to Camp Dick 
in October, then transferred to School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla. Here he took 
the observers course in Light Field Artillery, School of Fire, and was dis- 
charged at Fort Sill, December 20, 1918. 

DALRYMPLE, M. W., served as sergeant in the Artillery Branch with 
Battery B, 310th Field Artillery, 79th Division. 

DAMBLY, AUGUSTUS E., was commissioned first lieutenant. Field 
Artillery in the Officers' Reserve Camp ,and later promoted to captain, as- 
signed to 314th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. Captain Dambly served over- 
seas with the 312th Field Artillery, and was discharged June 6, 1919. 

DAVIDSON, J. C, enlisted in the aviation section of the Signal Corps 
and in the fall of 1918 was made a corporal in the 4th Balloon Company of 
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DAVIS, WILLIAM B., enlisted and was sent to the Field Artillery 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Ky. 

DECKER, CLAUDE H., enlisted in the service and saw action on the 
French front with Company H of the 314th Infantry. After the armistice 
he attended the University of Toulouse, France. 

DENNIS, WILLIAM H., JR., enlisted in the 5th Ordnance Course at 
Penn State. He was transferred to the 4th Casual Company, Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., and served with the Ordnance Department while in France. 

DERR, PAUL J. F., was commissioned second lieutenant in Company 
D, 309th Engineers, 84th Division, and served overseas with this organization. 

DEVEREAUX, JOHN EARLE, was commissioned second lieutenant 
Field Artillery, at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., August 31, 1918, and was 
stationed at Camp Kearny, Cal., with the 65th Field Artillery. Here he was 
discharged December 4, 1918. 

DIENER, WILLIAM S., entered the Second Officers' Training Camp, 
commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery, and sent to Camp Gordon, 
Ga. He was attached to the 157th Depot Brigade, Company 6, 2nd Train- 
ing Battalion. While overseas he was promoted to first lieutenant, Battery 
F, 320th Field Artillery, and acted as liaison officer with the infantry. Lieu- 
tenant Diener participated in the following battles : Chateau Thierry, Mar- 
bach sector, August 21 to September 13; St. Mihiel offensive, September 12 
to September 16; Meuse-Argonne offensive, October 2 to November 11. He 
sailed from Bordeaux for the United States early in 1919. 

DIETRICK, GLENN I., enlisted December 11, 1917, at Scranton, Pa., 
in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, and was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., where 
for three months he was attached to Company H, 310th Infantry. In March, 
1918, he was transferred to Kelly Field, Tex., and attached to Headquar- 
ters Squadron Personnel Office. He was then sent to Enlisted Mechanical 
Training School and applied for entrance into the flying branch. Mr. Dietrick 
passed all of the tests required for flying and in September, 1918, Avas sent to 
Berkeley, Cal., for School of Military Aeronautics, at the University of Cali- 
fornia. He was discharged December 11, 1918. 

DIETZ, W. E., served in the Motor Transport Train at Philadelphia 
and was sent to Camp Wheeler, Ga., and from there he was discharged. 

DIPPE, CARL W., entered the Officers' Training School, Camp Lee, 
Va., and was attached to the 10th Company, 3rd Battalion. He received a 
commission of second lieutenant, Infantry. 

DONNELLY, SAMUEL E., was inducted into service May 17, 1918, 
and went into training at Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C. There 
he was placed in the 29th Engineers and after six weeks' training sailed for 
France, arriving at Brest, France, July 21, 1918; from which point the 29th 
Engineers proceeded to Langres, France, where they remained making maps 
of enemy trenches, etc. In February, 1919, he went on detached service with 
the Grave Registration Bureau, and received the rank of corporal. Recalled 
to headquarters at Langres, he proceeded to St. Nazaire for embarkation and 
landed at Norfolk, Va., July 10, 1919. Corporal Donnelly was sent to Camp 
Dix, N. J., where he received his discharge July 15, 1919. 



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DORWARD, WESLEY C, entered the Officers' Training School, Fort 
Monroe, Va., where he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Coast 
Artillery Corps, National Army, and sent to Fort Barry, San Francisco, Cal. 
Here he was assigned to the 10th Company Coast Defense, San Francisco, 
and appointed Post Adjutant. He was discharged on August 11, 1919. 

DOYLE, ARTHUR H., was commissioned second lieutenant, and served 
with the 19th Field Artillery, Brigade Headquarters, Fort Sill, Okla. 

DREVER, HORACE, enlisted in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, 
July 13, 1917, and trained in the Cornell Ground School, in Military Aero- 
nautics. Later he secured flying instruction in the schools of Italy and 
France, where he served until January, 1919, when he returned to the United 
States and was discharged with the rank of first lieutenant, January 12, 1919. 

DRIELING, ARTHUR WILLIAM, served as corporal, Student Army 
Training Corps, Company No. 10, University of Pennsylvania. 

EARLE, EVERETT WARREN, enlisted in the Ambulance Service. 

EBY, HENRY R., entered the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant 
Quartermaster Corps, on August 15, that same year. He was sent to Camp 
Meade, Md., and in December, 1917, sailed for France. He served overseas 
until September, 1919, was commissioned first lieutenant October 30, 1918, 
and was discharged in October of the following year. 

EDMISTON, H. NORMAN, served as second lieutenant in the 61st Field 
Artillery, 97th Division. 

EDWARDS, WILLIAM WILES, enlisted in December and was made 
sergeant. Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Engineers, Camp American Uni- 
versity, Washington, D. C, and served with this unit overseas. 

ELSE, HARRY D., with the Field Artillery, 154th Brigade, Headquar- 
ters' Company, 79th Division, he served as first lieutenant, and when overseas 
attended with the American School Detachment, the University of Grenoble, 
France. 

ENOCH, DONALD G., went to Fort Niagara, New York, May 10, 1917, 
where he was commissioned second lieutenant, and sent to Camp Meade, Md. 
He assisted in the organization of the 314th Infantry, 79th Division, and was 
commissioned first lieutenant December 31, 1918. In the spring of that year 
he sailed for France and in September participated in the first phase of the 
Argonne-Meuse offensive. On September 29, he was wounded with a ma- 
chine gun bullet, and also gassed. Lieutenant Enoch was sent to a hospital in 
southern France, and from there back to the United States to U. S. General 
Hospital No. 3, at Rahway, N. J., where he remained until June, 1919, when 
he was discharged. 

EUWER, LAWRENCE C, enlisted in the Chemical Warfare Service, 
June 3, 1918, and was assigned to the American University, Reserve Station, 
Washington, D. C. Here he worked on toxic gases, until December 11, 
1918, when he was discharged. 

ERB, HAROLD E., served in Company L, of the Coast Artillery Corps, 
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EVANS, ISAAC ROWLAND, entered the service at West Chester, Pa., 
April 27, 1918, and went at once to Camp Lee, Va., where he joined the 
Depot Brigade and was then transfered to the Medical Department. He 
was promoted to private, first class, and in December, 1918, to sergeant. Mr. 
Evans served in emergency work during the influenza epidemic, and later in 
caring for the convalescent and wounded from overseas. 

EVANS, RALPH W., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., in Company F, of the 
16th Pennsylvania Infantry, of the National Guard, July 9, 1917. He was sent 
to Camp Hancock, Ga., and with the 28th Division sailed from New York, 
May 7, 1918. After landing in France with the 112th Regiment Infantry of 
Scouts, he served with the British, attached to the 34th Lincolnshires. Mr. 
Evans took part in five German ofifensives in the battle of Ourcq, battle of 
Vesle River, the Argonne and with his company held the lines at Fismes, 
in October, 1918. After his promotion to sergeant, he was transferred as 
infantry candidate to the Officers' Training School. Later he served with 
the 1216 Casual Company, at Le Mans, and at Brest, from which latter port 
he sailed with a casual company in March, and was discharged at Camp Dix, 
N. J., March 28, 1919. 

EWING, STANLEY W., enlisted in the Signal Reserve Corps, 324th 
Field Signal Battalion, Camp Meade, Md. He attended Officers' Train- 
ing Camp and was commissioned second lieutenant. He served in France 
from September, 1918, to February, 1919. 

FAGUE, CHARLES P., entered the First Officers' Training Camp, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 11, 1917. He was transferred to the Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and assigned to Company 3, on August 
23, 1917. He was then sent to an alien enemy company in the 115th Depot 
Brigade, 80th Division. July, 1918, he organized and commanded Company 
C, 3rd Development Battalion, and soon afterwards organized a school for 
foreign and alien Americans. September, 1918, he was promoted to captain, 
Infantry, and in October took command of Company 7, 2nd Battalion, 155th 
Depot Brigade. On January 22, 1919, Captain Fague organized Company 
B of the 1st Battalion Convalescent Center, which received disabled soldiers 
upon their discharge and fitted them for civilian life. May 31, 1919, he was 
commissioned captain in the Infantry Reserve Corps on the inactive list. 

FASOLI, EDWARD, completed the First Ordnance Training Course, 
at Penn State, and was enlisted in the Ordnance Department. 

FATZINGER, HARLEIGH F., enlisted in the Aviation Section of the 
army, was appointed sergeant and attached to the 102nd Aero Squadron, 
at Tours, France. He was transferred to the 16th Aero Squadron and with 
them was discharged. Of his twenty-one months in foreign service, five 
weeks were spent in England, and the remainder in France. 

FIEDLER, ALBERT G., enlisted in the Heavy Artillery, September 3, 
1918, in Washington, D. C, and was sent to Fort Washington, Md., in the 
Coast Defense of the Potomac. He was assigned to the 8th Company, and 
in September was transferred to Fort Monroe, Va., to the Coast Artillery 
School. In the fall of 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and in 
November was discharged. 

FIFE, JAMES E., enlisted in May 11, 1917, in the Air Service and ^yas 
sent to Barron Field, Fort Worth, Tex. He was stationed at various flying 



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CHARLES P. FAGUB 





JAilBS B. FIFE 





F. A ITvnDEUICKSON 




D. F. GASTON 



CLYDE A. FOWLER 



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fields, in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Air Service Aeronautics, in Louisiana, and discharged April 30, 
1919. 

FINNEY, ROBERT V., took the examination for provisional second 
lieutenant, in April, 1917, and was sent in August to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 
for training. November he joined his regiment, the 58th Lifantry, at Camp 
Greene, Charlotte, N. C. He was promoted to first lieutenant and sent over- 
seas ahead of his regiment as billeting officer, his knowledge of French gain- 
ing this distinction for him. Lieutenant Finney was wounded in action, and 
after his recovery was promoted to captain. 

FISHER, LINDEN V., after service in the National Guard he entered 
Federal service on August 5, 1917, and was sent to Field Hospital No. 110, 
28th Division. He trained at Camp Hancock, Ga., and left the United States 
for overseas service in May, 1918. He was transferred to Sanitary Squad, 
No. 26, then to the Sorbonne University Detachment at Paris, and later to 
Brest Casual Company 2265 in June, 1919. He returned home in July of 
that year and was discharged at Mitchell Field, L. I. 

FOWLER, CLYDE ALEXANDER, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant in the Infantry Reserve Corps, May 11, 1917, after attending the 
Officers' Training Camps at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and Madison Barracks, 
N. Y. In August, 1917, he joined the 49th Infantry at Mobilization Camp, 
Syracuse, N. Y. He was commissioned first lieutenant Infantry, in the Regu- 
lar Army, and captain of Infantry April 7, 1919. Captain Fowler served 
with the 49th Infantry at Camp Merritt, N. J., Camp Upton, N. Y., and over- 
seas. In the American Expeditionary Force he was sent to the 83rd Division 
to the Provost Marshall General's Department, at Headquarters to the First 
Division. He returned to the United States with the 28th Infantry of the 
First Division, August 30, 1919. 

FREDERICKSON, F. A., attended the Signal Corps Radio School, Col- 
lege Park, Md., and was sent to Camp Devens, Mass. Here he received 
overseas equipment in September, but was held up by the influenza epidemic 
which cancelled the sailing of many troops. He was transferred from one 
organization to the other, until the latter part of January, 1919, when he 
was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

FREE, SPENCER M., JR., in 1917, joined the Medical Reserve Ambu- 
lance Corps and in 1918, the Penn State Ambulance Unit, Section 529, Allen- 
town, Pa. He was made sergeant and with this unit served with the Italian 
army, receiving the Italian Cross of War. 

FRY, GEORGE F., enlisted at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., and was 
made sergeant, Battery F, 109th Field Artillery. From Camp Hancock he was 
sent to Camp Mills, N. Y., and from there to France. Promoted to second 
lieutenant, and after creditable action with his regiment in the battle of the 
Vesle, he was at once ordered to the Artillery School at Saumur for advanced 
training. Lieutenant Fry completed the course with credit and qualified for 
his commission, but this could not be conferred because of the General Order 
of November 11, issued by the Secretary of War relative to promotions and 
commissions in the overseas forces. 

FUSS, ELY EARNEST, attended the Second Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and received his commission as second lieutenant in the 



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Aviation Section, Signal Corps. He was sent to Ground School for Officers 
at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., and from there to the School of Military 
Aeronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. From 
here he was sent to Rantoul, 111., where he was officer in command of hangars, 
and later in command of flying field. While awaiting orders for embarkation 
at Hoboken, he was sent to the Aviation Repair Depot at Dallas, Tex., where 
he remained in charge of airplane instruction until he was discharged Decem- 
ber 31, 1918. 

GAREY, RAYMOND M., entered the service at Camp Dix, N. J., Sep- 
tember 6, 1918, and was assigned to 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Depot 
Brigade. He was transferred to the Development Division, Chemical War- 
fare Service, sent to Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, and from there went to 
Zanesville, O. January 25, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

*GASTON, DONALD F., went into the service at Fort McDowel, San 
Francisco, Calif. He was later transferred to the 12th Infantry Machine 
Gun Company, at Camp Fremont, Calif. He was in that Company in Ma- 
chine Gun training until August 11th when he was transferred to Central 
Machine Gun Officers' Training School at Camp Hancock, Ga. In October 
Private Gaston contracted influenza, from which he recovered, but later be- 
cause of probable exposure in rain he had a relapse and died November 
26, 1918. 

GASS, ANDREW B., entered the service May, 1917, and was sent to 
Camp at Allentown, Pa., the early part of June, remaining there until June 
12, 1918, when he left for Italy with the Penn State Ambulance Corps, 
Section 529. He received the Italian cross of war. 

GATES, GALEN H., was a member of Company 30, Central Officers' 
Training School, Camp Lee, Va. 

GEHRIS, EARLE M., enlisted in the Fourth Officers' Training School 
at Camp Custer, Mich., May IS, 1918. In July, he was sent to Camp Lee, 
Va., and then to Camp Grant, 111., where he was made sergeant and was rec- 
ommended for commission but the armistice was signed before he received 
it. He was discharged February 11, 1919, and in July of that year he re- 
ceived his commission as second lieutenant. 

GERING, GEORGE W., was captain in command of Company E, 36th 
Infantry, 12th Division. He served at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., T. Snelling, 
Minn., and Camp Devens, Mass., at Boston, and Cambridge, Mass. 

GILL, JOSEPH C, enlisted at Seat Girt, N. J., August 14, 1917, in the 
112th Heavy Field Artillery. From January to May, 1918, he attended the 
Officers' Training Camp, where he was commissioned second lieutenant and 
served as instructor in the Fourth Officers' Training Camp, Camp McClellan, 
Ala. June 29, 1918, he sailed for France, where he was assigned to 110th 
Heavy Field Artillery, until January, 1919. He studied at the University of 
Bordeaux until June 30, when he returned to the United States and was dis- 
charged August 14, 1919. 

GILLESPIE, EUGENE FABER, served as first lieutenant in the Air 
Service with Headquarters' Company. 

GIVEN, W. N., joined the Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, 
N. Y., May 11, 1917, with many other Penn State men. In August he was 
commissioned second lieutenant in the Reserve Corps and attached to the 



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PATTL B. GBBENAWALD 




j'^-4 



J. R. GBOFP 




W. S. GROSS 




W. J. GRlFFITnS 




J. W. HAEPEB 




EVERETT L. HAMILTON 




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1st Battalion, 27th Engineers, Fort Jay, Governors' Island. In February, 
1918, he was commissioned first lieutenant, then was detailed for service 
with the casual office at Fort Jay. While in this camp he was appointed 
aide-de-camp to General Ely D. Hoyle, then commanding the Department 
of the East. Later he served on the White House guard detail. He also acted 
as college inspecting officer and had the enjoyable experience of inspecting the 
Penn State outfit in the spring of 1918. 

GLATFELTER, G., enlisted as private in the Ordnance Reserve Corps 
and was sent to Rock Island Arsenal where later he was honorably discharged 
owing to physical disability. 

GREEN, EARL A., was sergeant of Engineers (Forestry), Company C, 
5th Battalion, 20th United States Engineers. 

GREENAWALD, PAUL B., after taking the First Ordnance Supply 
Course at State College, enlisted in the Ordnance Reserve Corps, June 
10, 1917, with the rank of corporal. In August he went to the Watertown 
Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., and was transferred to Camp Meade, Md., as 
sergeant. He entered the Aberdeen Ordnance Engineering Training School, 
August 26, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant, in December, and 
discharged from the service, December 12, 1918. 

GREER, FRANCIS C, enlisted in the U. S. Army Base Hospital 
No. 10, May 7, 1917, and sailed for overseas the 19th of that same month. 
He served one year with the Medical Corps, attached to the British Expedi- 
tionary Force in France, and was then transferred to the American Expedi- 
tionary Force, June, 1918, where he acted as corporal in Battery F, 12th 
Field Artillery, 2nd Division, in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and later in 
Germany. Here he received two divisional citations, returning to the United 
States and was discharged August 21, 1919. 

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM J., served with Headquarters' Company, 311th 
Field Artillery, Camp Meade, Md. He was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky., to the 
Officers' Training School and commissioned second lieutenant. Camp Kearny, 
Cal., and assigned to the 66th Field Artillery. 

GROFF, J. ROBERT, enlisted in the U. S. Signal Corps, June 10, 1917, 
and served as corporal, sergeant and as color sergeant in the 80th Division. 
He attended the Officers' Training Camp and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, June 1, 1918. Later he served in the Infantry Replacement Camp 
and acted as demobilization officer, Camp Meade, Md. 

GROSS, WALTER S., entered the non-commissioned officers' school for 
ordnance men at State College, in December, 1917. He completed the 
course and was transferred to the Watertown Arsenal, for a continuation 
of the course in ordnance supply work. From here he was sent to port of 
embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., and transferred to Camp Mills, L. I., to organize 
the 136th Ordnance Depot Company. Here he was made top sergeant, 136th 
Depot Company. From Camp Mills, he was sent to Camp Lee, Va., to the 
Central Officers' Reserve Training Camp for Infantry, September, 1918, and 
was discharged at that place December 13. 

GROVE, LEON C, enlisted in the Penn State Unit of the United 
States Ambulance Service as a cook in Section 529. In June, 1918, he sailed 
for Italy with this unit. Grove was promoted to mess sergeant while in 
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GUTHRIE, FRANCIS B., enlisted May 25, 1917, in the 16th Regiment 
Engineers (Railway) and reported for duty at the Detroit State Fair Grounds 
in June. August 1st he sailed for Liverpool, England, and from there went 
to Is-sur-Tille. In April, 1918, he was sent to the British front near Arras, 
on the line between Prevent and Abbeville. The middle of June he was sent 
with his unit to Nevers, then to Grand Pre. In December he was sent to 
Verdun to work on the railroad between that place and Sedan and in January 
embarked for home. 

HAMILTON, EVERETT L., enlisted in the 20th Engineers, Port Slo- 
cum, N. Y., December 7, 1917, and was transferred to Camp American 
University, Washington, D. C, assigned to Company D, 10th Battalion, 20th 
Engineers. He was transferred to Company E, 6th Battalion, 20th Engineers, 
and embarked for overseas service. On the 5th of February the S. S. Tuscania 
on which he sailed was torpedoed. Mr. Hamilton was rescued and landed at 
Buncranna, Ireland. He proceeded to Randlestown Camp, where the bat- 
talion was once more assembled and sent to the rest camp, Winchester, Eng- 
land, going in six weeks to Prance. The battalion was sent south on its 
duty of logging and milling timber and was stationed at Castets, attached 
to British forestry directory. At this station Mr. Hamilton was trans- 
ferred to the 6th Battalion, Headquarters' Detachment, and assigned to duty 
as interpreter. In May, 1919, he returned to the United States and was dis- 
charged at Camp Dix, N. J., June 12, 1919. 

HARPER, JOHN WETZEL, enlisted in the Signal Corps, and was sent 
to College Park, Md. Thence he was sent to Columbia University to the 
Radio School. From here he was transferred to Post Field, Okla., having 
been transferred to the Air Service. He was then sent to Gerstner Field, 
La., detailed on work with wireless telephones. On October 16, he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant in the Air Service and sent to Austin, Tex., to 
be stationed in the Air Service School for radio operators, until January 22, 
1919, when he was discharged. 

HARRIS, JAMES P., enlisted in the Signal Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, 
and sailed for France December 5, 1917. He was stationed at Nevers, in 
the Army Telegraph Office, as motor cycle messenger and clerk. In January, 
he was transferred to the 407th Telegraph Brigade, Signal Corps, and again 
transferred to Paris to the Disbursing and Purchasing Department Ware- 
house. From March to July, 1919, he was a member of the American Expe- 
ditionary Force School Detachment at the University of Rennes. On July 
7 he sailed for home and on the 26th of that month was discharged at Camp 
Dix, N. J. 

HARRISON, LOUIS A., enlisted in the 1st Replacement Regiment, 
Engineers, was sent to Washington Barracks, AVashington, D. C, and from 
here to Fort Foote, Va. He then went to Camp Merritt, N. J., and on 
June 15, sailed for overseas service. On landing in France he was sent to 
Angers, where he was billeted with the 116th Engineers. Here Mr. Harrison 
remained as assistant surveyor and road mapper, but was soon sent to the 
operations section of the General Stafif. 

HAWK, EDGAR A., served as second lieutenant with the Coast Artillery 
Corps, Port Monroe, Va. 

HAY, LAWRENCE, enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, December 11, 1917, 
was sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., and at once transferred 



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PRANK HOLZER, JR. 




JOSEPH H. HUMMER 




CHARLES E. HUNTER 




RUSSELL M. JONES 





PETER R. KRATBILL 




A. D. LaMONTB 



FRANK N. KIRK 



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in April, 1918, to the 101st Ordnance Depot Company, Camp Meade, Md. 
Here he remained until September 1, when he was again transferred to the 
31st Field Artillery Regiment and assigned to the Supply Company. He 
was discharged at this place December 9, 1918. 

HENDRICKS, E. R., entered the Ordnance Supply Course, at State 
College, in the fall of 1917, and went to the Rock Island Arsenal School. 
In January, 1918, he was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, assigned to the 113th 
Ordnance Depot Company, and warranted a sergeant of ordnance. He was 
given charge of the ammunition magazines of the depot and served in this 
capacity until discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, on May 3, 1919. 

HENRY, ADDISON B., enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps, May 9, 
1918, Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and was stationed for a time near Newport, 
R. I. Later he was sent to Coast Artillery Corps School, Fort Monroe, Va., 
and from here assigned to the Coast Defense of Puget Sound, where he was 
discharged December 10, 1918. 

HIGGINS, ROBERT A., attended First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant. He was sent 
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from there to Camp Lee, 
Va., assigned to Company I, 318th Infantry. He was senior instructor in 
musketry at the Third Army Corps School at Clamecy, France. He played on 
the 89th' Division football team which won the championship of the American 
Expeditionary Force in France. He was promoted first lieutenant, October 
2, 1918, in command of Company I, in the line, no other officers being with 
the company. 

HILL, CRAIG C, served as second lieutenant with the 4th Company 
at the Replacement Depot, 2nd Army, at Toul, France. 

HOPPER, FREDERICK G., enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Course at 
Penn State. Later he was sent to Ordnance Training School, Rock Island 
Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., and to Ordnance Training Camp, Camp Hancock, 
Ga. Hoffer was with the Ordnance Department in France. 

HOPFMAN, WILLIAM H., attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp. 

HOLZER, PRANK, JR., joined Battery D, 1st New Jersey Field Ar- 
tillery, which was later reorganized as the 112th Heavy Field Artillery. He 
attended the Officers' Training Camp and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, assigned to the 60th Field Artillery. Later he was made battalion 
adjutant in the same regiment. 

HOUDESHEL, JAMES W., enlisted July 5, 1918, in the Metallurgical 
or Inspection Division in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was transferred to Baltimore, 
Md., where his duty was to inspect shells, etc. He was discharged January 
31, 1919, at Camp Meade, Md. 

HUBER, DAVID M., was inducted into the service as corporal with the 
316th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. Attended the Fourth Officers' Training 
Camp at that place and was commissioned first lieutenant, assigned to the 
156th Depot Brigade, Camp Sever, Greenville, Ga. 

HUGHES, JAMES M., entered the service May 20, 1918, and Avas sent 
to Signal Corps Radio School, College Park, Md. He was transferred to the 



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Air Service and sent to Radio Mechanical School, Carnegie Institute of 
Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. From here he went to the Radio School for 
officers, Columbia University, and was sent to Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla. 
Later to Gerstner Field, La. Here he was discharged, December 21, 1918. 

HUMMER, JOSEPH H., trained at Camp Hancock, Ga., with the Ma- 
chine Gun Troop, was sent to Camp Mills, N. Y., and from there to France 
in May, 1918. He saw action in the Champagne-Marne defensive, in the 
Aisne-Marne offensive, in the Somme oft'ensive, in the Oise-Aisne and in 
the Meuse-Argonne. He was wounded and gassed and sent to Base Hospital 
No. 32 at Contrexeville, France. From there to Vichy, and finally to the U. S. 
Base Hospital, Camp Meade, Md. Mr. Hummer was twice cited for bravery 
in action and recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross. 

HUMMER, PAUL M., enlisted March 24, 1918, in the Seventh Ord- 
nance Supply Course at Penn State. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant Ordnance, September 12, Camp Hancock, Ga., and discharged Septem- 
ber 26, 1919, at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. 

HUNTER, CHARLES R., JR., entered the service October 3, 1917, as- 
signed to Company K, 319th Infantry, 80th Division, Camp Lee, Va. He was 
appointed sergeant and sailed in May for overseas, where he was ordered 
into the lines on the British front, near Arras. From here he was transferred 
in September, 1918, to take part in the first Argonne oft'ensive near Verdun. 
In October he went to the Infantry Candidate School at La Valbonne, France, 
where he was commissioned second lieutenant. He returned to the United 
States in July, 1919, and was discharged at Mitchell Field, L. I., August 15, 
1919. 

HUSTON, T. M., served in Company D, 320th Infantry, Camp Lee, Va., 
and was then transferred to the 156th Depot Brigade, and commissioned 
second lieutenant in the National Army, June 1, 1918. He was assigned to 
the 98th Provisional Company, then to the 41st Company, with which organ- 
ization he served until April 1, 1919. He was discharged in August of that 
year. 

JOHNSON, JESSE KNIGHT, enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps, Fort 
Slocum, N. Y., May 24, 1918. In July he was assigned to the Heavy Field 
Artillery Training Camp, Fort Monroe, Va., where he received his commis- 
sion as second lieutenant. 

JOHNSON, JOSEPH L., enlisted June 15, 1917, in the 17th Provisional 
Training Regiment, Des Moines, Iowa, as a candidate for commission in the 
Officers' Reserve Corps, was commissioned second lieutenant October 15, 1917, 
and assigned to the 350th Field Artillery, 92nd Division, to be stationed at 
Camp Dix, N. J. While with the 350th Field Artillery in addition to regular 
duties, he served as regimental insurance officer. Prepared to depart for 
overseas' service Lieutenant Johnson was transferred to the 153rd Depot 
Brigade, stationed at Camp Dix. He was assigned to Replacement Camp 
at Camp Lee, Va., and reported for duty August 15, 1918. He served there 
until November 10, when he left with the 109th Provisional Company for 
overseas' service, but the armistice was signed, and the 109th was ordered 
to disembark, and sent to Newport News, Va. Lieutenant Johnson was dis- 
charged December 31, 1918. 

JOHNSTON, JOHN McK., was commissioned second lieutenant, Coast 
Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va., and assigned to service overseas. 



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JONES, RAY v., was inducted as a private into the Radio School, Col- 
lege Park, Md., May 11, 1918. He was promoted to sergeant and sent as 
instructor in radio to the Field Artillery Officers' Training School, Camp 
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., in July, 1918. He was transferred to the 
Signal Officers' Training Camp, Franklin Cantonment, Camp Meade, _Md., 
on September, 1918. He received the commission of second lieutenant, Signal 
Corps, and was discharged in December, 1918. 

JONES, RUSSELL M., enlisted in the service December 15, 1917, and 
was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and then to Camp Dix, N. J. He was then 
transferred to Fort Meyer, Va., and assigned to the 1st Gas Regiment. He 
sailed overseas January 25, 1917, and arrived at Brest, France, March 11. 
After two months' preliminary training at Chaumont, he went into action on 
the St. Mihiel front in June. He assisted in putting over five gas attacks 
during the summer on the Toul and Luneville sectors. In September he par- 
ticipated in the St. Mihiel drive, proceeded into the Argonne, and continued 
in the drive until slightly gassed, October 4. He was then sent to the rear. 
On November 1 he rejoined his organization, and continued in the drive 
until the signing of the armistice. He left France on January 25, and arrived 
in the United States February 2, 1919. On February 15, 1919, he received 
his discharge. 

*JONES, WALTER H., was commissioned as first lieutenant in the 
Ordnance Corps and died of influenza in 1918 while stationed at the Water- 
vliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y. 

JONES, WARREN H., in August, 1917, entered the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps and was afterwards placed in the Ordnance Reserve Corps. 
Later he was commissioned as second lieutenant and in the early part of 
1918 was assigned to Company A, 103rd Engineers, at Camp Hancock, Ga. 

KALEY, HARRY E., entered the service and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Field Artillery Corps. He was assigned to Battery F, 1st Regi- 
ment, Field Artillery Reserve Detachment. 

KEELAN, THEODORE N., enlisted as a private in Company I, 110th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, in July, 1917. He received his 
appointment as sergeant, first class, on April 19, 1918, and on April 18, 1919, 
after one year's service in France, was commissioned second lieutenant, Engi- 
neer Corps. He served in the Sanitary Section, Service of Supply, for some 
time and was then selected to attend the Army Candidates' School, Langres, 
France. 

KELLER, ELLIS O., enlisted July 14, 1917, in Troop L, 1st Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, 28th Division. On the breaking up of the regiment on 
November 1 he was transferred with one-half of the troop to Company E, 
103rd Regiment Engineers, 28th Division. Ten or twelve days later the 
Cavalry was reorganized and he returned to Troop L, 101st United States 
Cavalry, 1st Army Corps. He was transferred to the Ordnance Enlisted 
Corps, National Army, United States Arsenal, Augusta, Ga. On January 17, 
1918, he was transferred as corporal to 118th Ordnance Depot Company, Camp 
VVadsworth, S. C. He was promoted to sergeant of ordnance March 15, 
1918, and to ordnance sergeant, September 30, 1918. He was discharged 
February 1, 1919. 



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KENDALL, DANIEL V., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
June 9, 1918, and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He 
remained at this station until he was discharged in October, 1919. 

KERCHNER, CHARLES E., enlisted in the Engineers' Reserve Course 
at State College. In May, 1918, he was called to active service and reported 
to the commanding officer of the 602nd Engineers at Camp Devens, Mass. 
He was recommended for the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, 
Va., but his regiment sailed for France before he was transferred. Private 
Kerchner arrived at Brest, France, the latter part of July, 1918, and was sent to 
Chalindry, where he trained for six weeks. He was in reserve during the 
battle in the St. Mihiel sector. His regiment moved to Ville-sur-Consaucer, 
when he began duties as corps engineer for the 5th Army Corps. When the 
battle of the Argonne began, on September 26, the 5th Corps followed up, and 
was still in action when the armistice stopped all hostilities. The unit was 
later transferred to the 3rd Army, 7th Corps, and then to the Army of Oc- 
cupation at Greremacher, Luxembourg. 

KINGSBURY, HAROLD W., entered the service by voluntary induction 
on September 12, 1918, and was sent to Camp Holabird, Md., to join Water 
Tank Train No. 302 as a private in the Water Purification Detachment. He 
left Camp Holabird September 23, for Camp Upton, N. Y. Kingsbury left 
the United States with Water Tank Train No. 302 on September 29, 1918, 
and arrived at Brest, France, October 7, where he remained until October 
13, when he proceeded to Commercy, near St. Mihiel, where the Purification 
Camp was established. Early in December, 1918, Kingsbury was sent to 
Jauluy, a ruined village about seven miles from Metz, where he remained on 
duty until the last part of January, when the 302nd Water Tank Train was 
ordered to the United States. Orders were changed and Kingsbury's detach- 
ment was sent to Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, to Tours and then to Coblenz, 
where it took charge of the water supply of the entire occupied area of Ger- 
many. The 302nd arrived in New York July 27. He received his discharge 
at Camp Mills, N. Y., August 1, 1919. 

KINTZING, EDWARD O., served in the Aviation Branch of the Army. 
He entered the Ground School at the University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 
January 5, 1918, completed the course, and was sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, 
Tex., March 4, 1918. He remained there until April 21, 1918, when he was 
sent to Fort Worth, Tex., Talliaferro Flying Field, and commissioned second 
lieutenant June 21, 1918. From Fort Worth Lieutenant Kintzing went to 
Langley Field, Hampton, Va., and was then transferred to Garden City, N. Y., 
on November 2, 1918, receiving his discharge December 23, 1918. 

KIRK, FRANK NELSON, entered the Quartermaster's Corps, and was 
commissioned second lieutenant. He was on unassigned duty at Camp 
Johnston, Fla. 

KLINGER, GEORGE W., was first lieutenant. Headquarters' Company, 
Motor Command No. 40, Motor Transport Corps, and was stationed at Camp 
Merritt, N. J., for fifteen months. 

KRAFT, RUDOLPH G., entered the service June 1, and was sent to 
the U. S. Naval Steam Engineering School at Stevens Institute, N. J., in 
training as an engineering officer. He was graduated as ensign. He was 
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KRATZER, HENRY A., JR., in August, 1918, enlisted in the Aviation 
Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, and was later commissioned second 
lieutenant. He saw service in France. 

KRAY, JOHN FRANCIS, on April 23, 1918, enlisted in the Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, and was transferred to the Signal Enlisted Reserve 
Corps. On May 23 he was ordered to report at the Signal Corps Radio 
School, College Park, Md., as a private. On August 30 he was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Signal Corps, and was ordered to Camp Vail, N. J. In 
October, 1918, he was ordered to Hoboken, N. J., as assistant to the chief 
signal officer. Port of New York, where he remained until the close of the war. 

KRAYBILL, PETER REIST, entered the enlisted ordnance corps. Na- 
tional Army, as a private at Rock Island, 111., January 11, 1918. He was 
transferred to Camp Wheeler, Ga., in March, and was then transferred to 
the Field Artillery Corps, in August, 1918. He was sent to Camp Zachary 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery 
Reserve Corps. He received his discharge from service November 26, 1918. 

KRELL, WILLIAM H., served with the 6th Training and Replacement 
Battalion, Camp Lee, Va., and was commissioned second lieutenant of Com- 
pany L. 

KRUMRINE, BYRON F., enlisted in the Regular Army, January 5, 
1918, and was sent to Third Reserve Officers' Training School, Camp Dix, 
N. J. He was assigned to Company A, 309th Machine Gun Battalion, 78th 
Division, April 19, 1918, with the grade of sergeant. He was transferred to 
Casual Detachment, Camp Lee, Va., May 19, 1918, and commissioned second 
lieutenant, Infantry, June 1, 1918, and was assigned to 153rd Depot Brigade, 
Camp Dix, N. J. On August 15, 1918, he was detailed to attend the small 
arms' school. Camp Perry, Ohio. On completion of this course, September 
20, 1918, he was assigned to the 97th Division, Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., 
in command of Company E, 387th Infantry, until discharged November 30, 
1918. He was a member of general court martial. Camp Cody, N. M. On 
August 24, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. Infantry. 

KRUMRINE, CHARLES S., received training in Naval Aviation at the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 

LANE, HARRY S., enlisted in September, 1917, and was assigned 
to 320th Infantry, Camp Lee, Va. He was transferred to Medical Detachment 
in November, where he served until taken ill and sent to base hospital, from 
which he was discharged in September, 1918. 

LATZ, ROMUALD R., entered the service August 27, 1918, at Camp Lee, 
Va., was transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service, Washington, D. C, 
and was stationed at Camp American University. 

LA MONTE, A. D., entered the service on February 25, 1918, and was 
sent to Camp Dix, N. J., for training. He was transferred to the Medical 
Department, and assigned to 312th Ambulance Company, 303rd Sanitary 
Train, 78th Division. While in the service overseas, La Monte was engaged 
in ambulance driving near the front lines. 

LARGEY, HUGH D., was commissioned second lieutenant. Coast Ar- 
tillery Corps, at the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Monroe, Va. 



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On August 29, 1917, he was transferred to Fort Howard, Md., and in Febru- 
ary, 1918, was sent to a Federalized militia organization that was doing guard 
duty at the U. S. Port of Embarkation for freight, at Baltimore, Md. On 
May 1, 1918, he was transferred to the Heavy Artillery School at Fort Monroe, 
Va., and attended this school until June 15, 1918, when he was ordered to 
Langley Field, Va., for training as aerial observer for heavy artillery. From 
there he was sent to Selfridge Field, Michigan, on August 1, 1918, for aerial 
gunnery training. He sailed for France September 14, and was ordered to St. 
Maxient, via Angers, and then to the school for aerial observers. Tours. He 
was then ordered to the First Air Depot, Colombey-les-Belles, November 
15, 1918, and assigned to the 90th Aero Squadron, at Bethalaineville, near 
Verdun. He received orders to report to Tours, and then to Bordeaux. 
Lieutenant Largey sailed from Marseilles January 20, 1919, and landed in 
the United States February 5. He received his discharge February 12, 1919. 

LAUB, HENRY RUPERT, enlisted May 29, 1917, in the 2nd New York 
Field Artillery, and was assigned to duty at Madison Barracks, N. Y. He 
was promoted to corporal August 1, 19l7, in this regiment, and transferred 
to Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 3, 1917. On August 23 he entered the Second 
Reserve Officers' Training Camp and was a candidate in the 3rd Battery. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant, Cavalry, November 23, 1917, and 
assigned to the 8th U. S. Cavalry, at El Paso, Tex. This regiment was trans- 
ferred to Marfa, Tex. Lieutenant Laub was later sent to Presidio, Tex., for 
duty with Troop L He was promoted to first lieutenant, in July. 1918, and 
commanded Troop I, 8th Cavalry, from August 7 to December 8, 1918. After 
the signing of the armistice he was made adjutant of the 3rd Squadron, with 
headquarters at Presidio, Tex. He received his discharge April 12, 1919, 
at Marfa, Tex. 

LAUER, KURVIN W., was inducted into the service on September 18, 
1917, and sent to Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned to Company D, 
316th Infantry, 79th Division. He sailed on July 9 for Brest, France, arriv- 
ing there July 18. After six weeks of training at Prothay, Lauer's unit was 
sent to Percy la Petit. On September 14 Lauer's unit took up a reserve 
position near Malancourt. On September 26 this unit was in action, and two 
days later took over the line of advance, in the offensive that captured Mont- 
faucon. On September 29 Company D lost the last one of its six officers. 
Lauer being the senior sergeant of the company, took command and led 
the men through heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, for which gallantry 
in action he was later commended. During the latter part of October, after a 
rest, Lauer's unit was ordered into the Argonne, where they took over the 
front line in the Montague sector. 

On November 1 Lauer was commissioned second lieutenant for gallantry 
in action in the Montfaucon sector. On November 3 he was severely wounded 
in the leg and was sent to Base Hospital No. 34, at Nantes, where he spent 
several months recovering. On February 13, 1919, Lieutenant Lauer was 
sent to St. Aignan, where he was given command of a casual company 
which was detailed for the United States. He commanded this company 
as far as Marseilles, where he was taken sick, and sent to a hospital, re- 
maining there for four weeks. On April 14 he set sail from Marseilles for 
the United States and arrived at New York April 30. He received his dis- 
charge May 1, 1919. 

LAUGHREY, J. D., was in the Infantry branch of the service and was 
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LEECH, ELMER L., was commissioned second lieutenant, and stationed 
at Camp Hancock, Ga. 

LEWIS, D. L., entered the service October 3, 1917, and was assigned 
to Battery A, 323rd Field Artillery, 83rd Division, Camp Sherman, Ohio. 
On October 31, 1917, he was appointed corporal in Headquarters Company, 
323rd Field Artillery, and on January 17, 1918, appointed sergeant, same 
company. Lewis sailed for France June 10, 1918, and at Camp Coetquidan, 
France, he trained in artillery firing. He was attached to the 32nd Division, 
going into action September 25, 1918. About October 10, 1918, he was sent 
to the Saumur Artillery School. From December 1, 1918, until April 15, 1919, 
he was in the hospital for treatment and sailed from St. Nazaire, April 29, 
1919. He arrived at Newport News, Va., May 10, 1919, and was discharged 
May 19, 1919. 

LEHR, GEORGE, JR., was inducted into the Army on April 25, 1918, 
and was sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to the 27th Com- 
pany, 7th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade. On June 10 he was 
transferred to Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Division, as a first class 
private. He arrived at Brest, France, July 5. After a month's training the 
37th Division was sent to the Baccarat sector. Company B occupying the 
Migneville section. After being relieved by the French on September 16, 
Lehr and his company were transferred to a point near Verdun to await 
the opening of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Company B went over the 
top on the morning of September 25. After participating in the capture 
of the town of Very, Lehr was wounded in the left foot by a high explosive 
shell. He was sent to Base Hospital No. 38, near Nantes. On October 22, 
Lehr's foot was amputated below the knee on account of its becoming in- 
fected. Later on it was found necessary to operate again and amputate above 
the knee. He remained at this hospital until January 27, 1919. and was then 
sent to a hospital near Brest to await transportation to the United States. 
It was February 3 before Lehr sailed, and on February 11 he arrived in the 
United States. After spending a few weeks at the base hospital at Camp 
Merritt, N. J., he was sent to the U. S. General Hospital No. 3, at Rahway, 
N. J., where he remained until he was discharged on October 11, 1919. 

LINDERMUTH, H. CLAY, entered the Field Artillery Officers' Central 
Training School, and was a sergeant in 33rd Battery. 

LINN, SAMUEL M., was inducted into the service April 2, 1918, and 
assigned to 8th Company, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. He was 
transferred to the Veterinary Corps, Auxiliary Remount Depot No. 304, 
Camp Meade, April 19, where he served until he was discharged, June 30, 1919. 
He was appointed corporal, and promoted to sergeant, first class, which rank 
he held when discharged. 

LIPPMAN, W. O., in 1917 enlisted in the first ordnance course given at 
the College and served in this branch of the service with the national army. 

LLOYD, JOHN S., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 11, 1917. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery, on August 15, 1917, when he was sent to Camp 
Meade, Md. Here he served with the 311th Field Artillery until May 28, 
1918, when he became part of an advanced detachment which preceded the 
79th Division to France for instruction. 



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Lieutenant Lloyd arrived in France on July 12, and attended artillery 
schools at LaValdahon and LaCourtine. He again joined the 311th Field 
Artillery. On November 18, he was ordered to return to LaValdahon to act 
as instructor in telephone communications for field artillery, and served 
in this capacity until March 28, 1919, when he returned to his regiment, the 
311th Field Artillery. He left France May 29, 1919, landed in Boston on June 
9, and was discharged from the service on June 12, 1919. While in France 
he was promoted to first lieutenant, October 26, 1918. 

LONG, MORRIS M., attended the Field Artillery Central Officers' 
Training Camp, Camp Taylor, Ky., October, 1918. 

LONGENECKER, HARRY H., entered the service September 3, 1918, 
and was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. He was assigned to the Medical De- 
partment, in which his duties consisted of general military work. On De- 
cember 27 he was transferred to the Educational Service, and sent to Fort 
Sheridan, 111. Here he was assigned to the Agricultural Department, and 
was promoted to sergeant, in charge of teaching agriculture to wounded men 
sent home from overseas. 

LOVE, RALPH F., enlisted May 11, 1917, in the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, and was ordered to report to Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, and ordered to Camp Meade, Md. 
On August 29, 1917, he was transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala., and as- 
signed to the 114th Infantry. On December 22, he was transferred to Camp 
Lee, Va., where he served in the 155th Depot Brigade until August, 1918, 
when he was promoted to first lieutenant. Infantry, and sent to Camp Perry, 
Ohio, for a course in small arms' firing. At the end of this training, he was 
sent to Camp Cody, N. M., and assigned to the 397th Infantry. With the 
signing of the armistice, the regiment was demobilized and he was trans- 
ferred to the 25th Infantry, stationed at Nogales, Arizona. He served with 
Company C on detached service at Yuma, and was on special duty at 
Douglas, Ariz. Lieutenant Love was finally discharged on April 26, 1919. 

LUPFER, ARTHUR W., left State College for Rock Island Arsenal, 
Rock Island, 111. From there he was sent for duty to the Port of Em- 
barkation, Newport News, Va., and detailed from there to Big Point 
Ordnance Depot, where he held the rank of ordnance sergeant. He was 
discharged March 5, 1919. 

LOWRY, STEWART M., enlisted August 19, 1918, in the Coast Ar- 
tillery Corps, and was sent to Fort DuPont, Delaware City, Del., where he 
was assigned to the 8th Company, Coast Defenses of the Delaware. He was 
selected for the Officers' Training Camp, and transferred September 27, 
1918, to Fort Monroe, Va., where he was assigned to Company C, Candi- 
dates' School, Sixth Coast Artillery Officers' Training Camp. He was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, and placed on 
the inactive list December 6, 1918. 

LUTZ, PARKE H., entered the service February 1, 1918, and was as- 
signed to the Ordnance Course, State College, Pa. He was then trans- 
ferred to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., and later to Camp Han- 
cock, Ga. He was instructor in company administration in the Ordnance 
Supply School until July 15, 1918, and drill sergeant in the 2nd Regiment 
Ordnance Training School, Camp Hancock. He received the commission 



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a. M. liOWBT 




RALPH F. LOTH 




A. W. LUPFER 




ALBBHT MAIBR 





J. ('. ll.ALLISTER 




GEORGE P. McCOMBS 



c. J. McCarthy, jr. 



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of second lieutenant September 13, 1918, and on September 21 was trans- 
ferred to Picatining Arsenal, Dover, N. J., where he was made commanding 
officer of the Arsenal Ordnance Detachment. He received his discharge 
August 1, 1919. 

McAllister, JOHN C, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
at Newport, R. I., and from there went to New London, Conn., where 
he was put in the mine forces of the Atlantic Fleet, making and laying 
submarine nets. On November 1, 1917, he was sent to Pelham Bay Park, 
waiting there for a transfer to the Naval Aviation. McAllister was promoted 
to ensign on board the U. S. S. Keneah. 

McCarthy, CHARLES J., entered the 4th Infantry, Company K, 3rd 
Division, as a second lieutenant, in August, 1917. He arrived in France on 
April 18, 1917. Lieutenant McCarthy participated in the followmg engage- 
ments: Second Battle of the Marne (Chateau Thierry), St. Mihiel campaign, 
Meuse-Argonne drive. He was also in the Army of Occupation. McCarthy 
was promoted to first lieutenant. 

McCLEERY, THOMAS P., in October, 1917, enlisted as a private, and 
was soon promoted to sergeant. He entered the Reserve Officers' Training 
School, and was commissioned second lieutenant in August, 1918. He was 
assigned to the 335th Infantry and sent overseas September 2, 1918, and 
then transferred to the 363rd Infantry. From October 31 to November^ 11, 
1918, he participated in the Ypres-Lys offensive. He returned to the United 
States March 31, and was discharged April 10, 1919. 

McCLURE, LINWOOD D., was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the Reserve Officers' Training Camp. He was promoted in June, 1918, to 
first lieutenant of the 304th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md., and sailed overseas 
with the 79th Division. 

McCOMBS, GEORGE P., enlisted January 28, 1918, at State College, in 
the Engineer Enlisted Reserve Corps, and was ordered to report for duty 
May 20, 1918. He was assigned to the 472nd Engineers, a map-making 
regiment, at Washington, D. C, on May 24. He received a recommenda- 
tion for the Engineers Officers' Training School at Camp Lee, Va., and 
reported on June 13. On August 20, he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Engineer Corps, U. S. A., and assigned to Company H, 5th Engi- 
neer Training Reserve, at Camp Humphreys, Va. Lieutenant McCombs re- 
ceived overseas orders on November 1, and was at Hoboken, N. J., ready 
to go on board ship the morning news of the signing of the armistice came 
out. He received his discharge December 26, 1918. 

MAKER, VINCENT P., enlisted at Allentown, Pa., in the United 
States Army Ambulance Service, and was attached to the French Army. 
Maher arrived at the front in September, 1917, attached to Section 633, 
4th French Army, 124th Division, operating on the Champagne front. He 
took part in several local engagements, and the last big enemy offensive 
of July 15, 16 and 17, 1918, in the Champagne sector, during which he v^ras 
cited and received the Croix de Guerre. Up until the signing of the armistice 
Maher was still with the same unit, and took part in the whole of the allied 
offensive in the Champagne, Argonne, and finally in the Ardennes. This 
sector was decorated three times with the Croix de Guerre for its excellent 
work. 

MAIER, ALBERT, enlisted and served in the United States Army. 



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MAIN, MARSHALL, entered the Fourth Reserve Officers' Training 
School at Camp Custer, Mich., May 15, 1918, and was in training with the 1st 
Battery, Officers' Training School, until July 1, 1918, when he was sent to 
Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to complete his training. On August 
31, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery. He was 
transferred on September 7 to Camp Jackson, S. C, and served in the 12th 
Regiment (Field Artillery) until October 15, 1918, when he was ordered to 
the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla. He was attending this school when 
discharged from the service, December 11, 1918. 

MALICK, ROBERT E., entered the Ordnance Supply Course, which 
started February' 11, 1918, at State College, and finished the course March 18. 
On March 20, he left State College for Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 
111., where he took a six weeks' course. On May 6, he was transferred to 
Camp Hancock, Ga. He sailed overseas July 31, and landed in Brest, France, 
August 12. After being sent to Mehun, he was transferred to the Aviation 
Section, and assigned to the large Aviation School at St. Jean de Monts. Here 
he took a four weeks' course and instructed on machine guns for aeroplanes 
the remainder of the time he was in France. He sailed from St. Nazaire 
January 17, 1919. On February 17, 1919, he received his discharge. 

MANIFOLD, COURTLAND B., reported at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 
11, 1917, as a candidate for a commission in the Cavalry. He was released 
from training July 1, and spent the latter part of August and September at 
Gettysburg National Park in training with the 60th Infantry. On September 
20, he was sent to Camp Meade, Md., and was assigned to 316th Infantry. 
He was made battalion sergeant major on October 24, and assigned to duty 
with 1st Battalion. On May 15, 1918, Sergeant Manifold was sent to the 
Fourth Officers' Training School, Camp Meade, and was transferred to the 
newly formed Central Machine Gun Officers' Training School at Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., June 22, 1918. On September 16 he was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Infantry, and assigned to duty with 6th Group Main Training 
Depot, Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock. On October 28, he 
was transferred to the 18th Division, Camp Travis, Tex., and assigned to 
duty as instructor with the 54th Machine Gun Battalion. He was discharged 
from the service February 8, 1919. 

MARSH, HENRY C, was drafted into service September 6, 1917, and 
sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was placed in Company I, 320th Infan- 
try, 80th Division, and later transferred to the Medical Department, 320th 
Infantry, Camp Lee. He arrived in France June 10, 1918, and participated in 
the St. Mihiel and Argonne drives. During the Argonne drive Marsh was 
wounded. He returned to the United States, May 30, 1919, and was dis- 
charged June 7, 1919. 

MARTIN, JAMES A., JR., entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., Sep- 
tember 4, 1917, in the Engineer Corps, and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant March 13, 1918. He served with the 305th Engineers from April 1, 
1918, to January 1, 1919, and with the 108th Engineers from January 1 to 
June 19, 1919. Lieutenant Martin participated in the following drives : 
Somme, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. He was discharged June 19, 1919. 

MATISKO, MICHAEL, JR., enlisted in the U. S. Navy December 4, 
1916, and was given a medical discharge July 20, 1917. Unable to enter other 
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sought the first opportunity to join the fighting forces in Europe. As a 
result, he joined the First Cecho-Slovak Division, 23rd French Chausseurs, 
Headquarters' Company, and landed at Bordeaux in July, 1918. This com- 
pany was known as the Blue Devil Volunteers, and was trained at St. Maixent. 
Matisko was in training at the officers' school at this place, and was promoted 
to corporal November 2, and sergeant of infantry December 4, 1918. He 
was at one time with the telephone section and at another time with the signal 
section. On January 4 Matisko crossed the Italian border with the Cecho- 
Slovak troops, and thence to Cechy, reaching Cesky Herslak January 14, 
1919. On June 1 Matisko participated in the engagement between the Cecho- 
Slovak troops and the Magyars at Nove Zamky. After much mutiny among 
the Magyar troops composed of many nationalities with German officers, 
there was a splitting up of the soldiers, and the Bolsheviks fought among 
themselves. Matisko was wounded in one of the battles with the Magyars, 
and was taken to the hospital at Pralia, and then to Presov, Cecho-Slovakia. 
After leaving the hospital and the army, Matisko was in Y. M. C. A. at 
Presov and Kisice. Matisko later returned to the United States. 

MATTERN, ARTHUR W., on January 29, 1918, enlisted in the Enlisted 
Ordnance Corps at Penn State, and was in training for six weeks. After 
completing the course of six weeks he was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, 
Rock Island, 111., where he remained for another six weeks. He was then 
transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and from there he was transferred to the 
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md., being placed in Ordnance Com- 
pany S, in charge of five radio telephone stations. Mattern received his 
discharge June 12, 1919. 

MAYER, LEO W., was a first class private in the 80th Company, Mili- 
tary Police, 80th Division. He landed at Brest, France, June 8, 1918. After 
spending six weeks on traffic duty at Doullons, Amiens, and Albert, in the 
British sector, Mayer was moved over to the American sector. He was in 
action beginning September 25, on the Argonne-Meuse front. He was under 
heavy artillery fire in the towns of Chattancourt, Bethlancourt, Cusy, Sept- 
sarges, Montfaucon, and Nantillois. He was with the 317th Infantry when 
it went over the top on October 4. On October 12 the 80th Division was 
relieved, but for only a short time, and was again in action on the final 
push against the Huns. After the signing of the armistice Mayer was sent 
to the American Expeditionary Force University, Beaune, France. 

MEARKLE, HARLAND, O., was commissioned second lieutenant, Air 
Service, and served in France. 

MEISEL, JACOB J., JR., entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 10, 1917, and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant in September, 1917. He was assigned to 313th Infantry, 79th Division, 
Camp Meade, Md. He was in action in the St. Mihiel sector, the Argonne- 
Meuse offensive, and the Montfaucon and Grande Montague sectors. He 
was promoted to first lieutenant in October, 1918. Lieutenant Meisel was 
transferred to 125th Infantry, 32nd Division, November 17, 1918, and was sent 
to Germany with the Army of Occupation. He was returned to the 313th 
Infantry in March, 1919, and returned to the United States May 29, 1919. 
Lieutenant Meisel was discharged June 26, 1919. 

METZ, RALPH V., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
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August 3, 1917. He enlisted in the Infantry, Regular Army, August 16, 1917, 
and assigned to the 310th Infantry, National Army, Camp Dix, N. J., Septem- 
ber 1, 1917. On November 9, 1917, he was appointed sergeant major, Com- 
pany C, 310th Infantry. Sergeant Metz entered the Third Officers' Training 
School, Camp Dix, January 5, 1918, was transferred to Camp Lee, Va., May 
18, 1918, and commissioned second lieutenant June 1, 1918, when he was 
transferred to Camp Funston, Kansas. On August 12, 1918, he was appointed 
personnel adjutant, 2nd Development Battalion, and on September 1, 1918, 
personnel adjutant, 5th Regiment, 164th Depot Brigade. He was promoted to 
first lieutenant. Infantry, September 23, 1918. On February 6, 1919, he re- 
ceived his discharge from the service. 

MILLER, ARTHUR P., entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, May 13, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery 
Reserve Corps, August IS, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Meade, Md., 
with the 312th Field Artillery, Camp Meade, August 29, 1917. On June 28, 

1918, he sailed for France, and arrived there July 13, 1918. 

MILLER, GILES P., served as seaman, first class, in the U. S. Navy, 
in the Armed Coast Guards. 

MILLER, GLENN B., entered the service September 19, 1917, and was 
assigned to the 316th Infantry, 79th Division, Camp Meade, Md. He sailed 
for France in July, 1918, and arrived at Brest July 18. During the entire 
time the 316th Regiment was in action he served with the Headquarters' 
Company of this division. He participated in both the Argonne offensive 
and was stationed in the St. Mihiel sector. Later he participated in the 
Meuse offensive on the heights north of Verdun. Miller returned to the 
United States in June, 1919. 

MILLER, FRANK H., on September 18, 1917, was sent to Camp Meade, 
Md., and assigned to the 15th Depot Brigade, and in October to Battery F, 
312th Field Artillery. On December 18, 1918, he was transferred to Camp 
Greene, N. C, to Company G, 1st New Hampshire Infantry. This regiment 
sailed from the United States March 21, 1918, and landed at Bordeaux April 
4, 1918. Stationed at Is-Sur-Tille, Miller was transferred December 4, 1918, 
to the 207th Regiment, Military Police Corps. He sailed from St. Nazaire 
June 15, 1919, and arrived in the United States June 27, 1919. On July 5, 

1919, he received his discharge from the service. 

MILLS, J. WILLIAM, served as a machinist's mate, first class, U. S. 
Navy, and was stationed at Section Base, Cape May, N. J., for ten months. 

*MINGLE, DAVID BLAIR, JR., enlisted in the Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment, February 15, 1918, and in June, 1918, was sent as a student to the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. From there he 
was sent to Key West, Fla., Miami, Fla., and Pensacola, Fla. He was com- 
missioned ensign, December 6, 1918. On February 7, 1919, about six hundred 
feet over the water, instructing in flying, Ensign Mingle's machine took a 
nose-dive, and he, together with two other officers, was killed. At the time 
of his death, Ensign Mingle was instructing in a hydro-airplane with two 
other ensigns, when the machine fell into the bay. People who were on the 
shore thought that the aviators were manoevering when the machine went 
into a nose dive, and waited for the machine to rise from the water. Me- 
chanics, however, thinking that engine trouble might have developed, went 
to the plane only to find the bodies of the three fliers floating in the wreckage 
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AR'IHLK 1' MILLER 




GLENN B. MILLER 




J 'ttll I I \M Mil IS 




D E MINGLE JR 




GEORGE F. MINNICH 




EDW. L. MOORE 




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MINNICH, GEORGE F., served as a corporal in Company I, 314th 
Regiment (Infantry), 79th Division. After the armistice was signed he was 
sent to the American Expeditionary Force University, Beaune, France, as 
instructor. 

MONTGOMERY, HAROLD E., received orders to report to the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology for ground training in the Naval 
Aviation. When he completed this course he was rated as chief quarter- 
master, and ordered to Akron, Ohio, for training in lighter-than-air-craft, 
balloon, and kite-balloon training. He received his commission as ensign in 
the Naval Reserve Flying Corps and was ordered to Cape May, from there 
to Rockaway Beach, L. I., and then to Hampton Roads, Va. At the time 
of the armistice he was stationed at Canal Zone, Panama. 

*MOORE, EDWARD LAHR, in September, 1917, enlisted as a private 
in the U. S. Regular Army, and was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., but a 
few days later was sent to the Mexican border. In May, 1917, his regiment 
was transferred to the mobilization camp at Syracuse, N. Y., and while there 
Moore was transferred to the 47th Regiment, Headquarters' Company. On 
January 4, 1918, he was sent to a Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., from which he graduated in April as an official cadet. He 
rejoined his regiment at the embarkation camp at Camp Mills, N. Y., and left 
for France about the last of April, 1918. Upon arriving in France, he asked 
to be assigned to field duty from Headquarters' Company, and his request 
was granted. He was sent to a gun company, and received his commission 
as second lieutenant on August 3, when he was transferred to the 39th Regi- 
ment, Infantry, 4th Division. He was battalion adjutant with his division 
when he met his death, during the time of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. 

MOREY, FRANK R., entered the Reserve Officers' Training School at 
Camp Custer, Mich., in May, 1918, and on August 26 was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Infantry. He was then assigned to the Central Officers' 
Training School as instructor. After the signing of the armistice Lieutenant 
Morey was discharged. 

MUELLER, HARRY L., entered the Officers' Training School on May 
15, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich., and was commissioned second lieutenant 
of Infantry, and afterwards was on duty at Camp Upton, N. Y., with the 
1st Battalion, 152nd Depot Brigade. 

MYER, FREDERICK W., entered the military service September 19, 
1917, at Camp Meade, Md., trained with Company C, 311th Machine Gun 
Battalion, and was appointed corporal July 5, 1918. On July 8, 1918, he sailed 
for France, and arrived at Brest, July 14. His battalion moved to a training 
area near Dijon and he was put on detached service with the Quartermaster's 
Corps, 79th Division. He was given charge of the gasoline and oil station for 
the division, and was stationed at the following towns, Robert Espagne, 
Rompont, Dombasle, Villers, Dugny, and Jordan Fountain near Verdun. 
While at the latter station the armistice was signed. The last stations were 
at Sauilly, Rimacourt, Haute Marne and Clisson near Nantes. He returned 
to the United States May 24, 1919, and was discharged June 9, 1919. 

NEFF, SAMUEL W., served as chief quartermaster. Naval Flying Corps. 

NEILSON, JAMES A., entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Camp McLean, Ga., August 23, 1917, and was commissioned second 



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J. A. NBILSON 




T. F. NBLAN 




E. S. NELSON 





STERI.IN(3 M. rAI.lI 




W. W. PAYNB 



F. M. OYLER 



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lieutenant, Infantry. He was assigned to Company E, 50th Infantry, 20th 
Division, and transferred to Camp Greene, N. C. He was then sent to Camp 
Raritan, Metuchen, N. J., with Companies E and H, on guard duty. Neilson 
was transferred to Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., on detached duty as an 
instructor at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp on May 30, 1918, and 
remained there until July 10, 1918. After being transferred to Camp Mills, 
L. I., and then to Camp Sevier, S. C, he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., where 
he received his discharge on February 15, 1919. 

NELAN, THOMAS F., enlisted in the Air Service, Naval Aviation, 
August 7, 1918, and was sent to Dunworthy Naval Training School, Minne- 
apolis, Minn., for ground school work. He was ranked as chief quarter- 
master (Aviation). Nelan received his discharge December 2, 1918. 

NELSON, EMIL SIGFRED, enlisted in the Marine Corps May 27, 1918, 
at Marine Barracks, Paris Island, S. C, and was assigned to Company U, 
Training Regiment. On July 17, 1918, he was transferred to Company A, 
3rd Separate Battalion, Quantico, Va. Nelson arrived in France in August, 
1918, and participated in the following engagements : St. Mihiel sector, Sep- 
tember 12-18, 1918; Champagne sector, September 30 to October 9, 1918; 
Argonne sector, November 1-11, 1918. On November 11 Nelson was wounded 
in action and evacuated to hospital. He arrived in the United States February 
10, 1919, and was discharged May 25, 1919. 

NICKLE, CLIFFORD A., trained at the Yale University Radio School 
for officers' candidates, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Signal Of- 
ficers' Reserve Corps. 

NORTON, EARL W., served with Company E, 305th Engineers, Camp 
Lee, Va., and later in France as private with the Medical Detachment, 
602nd Engineers. 

O'CONNOR, GEORGE LaF., enlisted in the service, trained at Madi- 
son Barracks, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant, with Com- 
pany C, 49th Infantry. He went to France July, 1918, and was stationed at 
Le Mans from August 10, 1918, until he returned in 1919. 

OHL, RUSSELL S., was inducted into the service May 22, 1918, and 
sent to the Radio School, College Park, Md. After completing the radio 
course at this school he was sent to Camp Vail, N. J., as a candidate for an 
officers' commission. He received the commission of second lieutenant. 
Signal Corps, November 11, 1918, and was discharged on December 3, 1918. 

OLBRICH, F. J., enlisted in the fourth ordnance course at the College 
and served in this branch of the service in the national army. 

OLDS, HUGH WILSON, was graduated from the U. S. Naval Acad- 
emy, Annapolis, Md., June 19, 1918. On July 1, 1918, he entered active 
service as ensign on the transport Aeolus. After reaching Brest he was 
transferred to U. S. S. Duncan, and promoted to lieutenant, junior grade, 
September 21, 1918. Lieutenant Olds was on the bridge of the Duncan 
when her sister destroyer. The Shaw, was rammed and cut in two by the 
Acquitania, and rendered material service in rescuing the crew of The Shaw. 

OYLER, F. M., entered the service September 19, 1917, at Camp Meade, 
Md., and was assigned to Company B, 316th Infantry. On November 9, 
1917, he was transferred to Camp Grant, 111., and assigned to Company F, 35th 



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Engineers. On December 12, 1917, he sailed for France and arrived at St. 
Nazaire December 28, 1917. While in France he was in railway engineering 
construction work until February 28, 1919. He arrived in the United States 
March 11, 1919, and received his discharge March 28, 1919. 

PALM, STERLING M., attended the First Officers' Training Camp, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 4 to August 14, 1917, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Infantry, awaiting a vacancy in the Regular Army. He 
was stationed at Syracuse, N. Y., and was attached to the 49th Infantry and 
with them sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., on guard duty at the port of embarka- 
tion. July 25, 1918, he sailed for France and went to La Auerche for training. 
Here he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Pioneer Infantry, and from 
August 25 to October 12, 1918, was attached to Company G, on dock guard 
at St. Nazaire. In December he served as Prison Officer at Montoir and in 
July in the same capacity at the Hospital Center, Savenay. He returned to 
the United States July, 1919, where he was assistant billeting officer. Camp 
Merritt, N. J. On August 30, 1919, his resignation was accepted. 

PARRISH, FLOYD G., was commissioned first lieutenant, Headquarters 
Company, 107th Regiment, 28th Division, Camp Hancock, Ga. Lieutenant 
Parrish served with this unit overseas, and while in France was promoted 
to captain in command of Battery A, 107th Field Artillery. 

PATTON, JOHN, was assigned to the 304th Sanitary Train at Camp 
Meade, Md., September 14, 1917, and was transferred to Base Hospital at 
that place, being promoted to sergeant, first class, in the Medical Corps. He 
was transferred to Infantry Officers' School, Camp Gordon, Ga., September 
4, 1918. Here he was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, in December, 
and was discharged January 1, 1919, at Philadelphia. 

PAYNE, JOHN B., enlisted July 21, 1918, and served as private at Camp 
Lee until September 8, 1918, when he received an appointment to the Field 
Artillery Officers' Training Camp at Camp Zachery Taylor, Ky. He was 
later commissioned second lieutenant in Field Artillery and attached to the 
33rd Battery. He received his discharge on December 21, 1918. 

PAYNE, WILLIAM WALLACE, was a second lieutenant. Coast Ar- 
tillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va. 

PENNOCK, ROGER, sailed for France February 1, 1919, with the 
American Red Cross (Friends Relief Unit). Served in the war area between 
Argonne and Verdun, driving a supply truck. Later he served three months 
at Grange-le-Comte, three months at Aubreville, and four months at Varenne- 
en-Argonne. He returned to the United States December 11, 1919. 

PENTZ, WILLIAM R., was a member of the Red Cross, Section D, 
and served in France with the same unit. 

PETERSON, CHARLES LINDH, enlisted at Philadelphia, May 21, 
1917, in the Hospital Corps, of the U. S. Nav3^ rated as hospital appren- 
tice, first class, sent to Navy Training Station, Newport, R. I., then trans- 
ferred to U. S. Navy Hospital, Philadelphia, where he advanced in rating to 
pharmacist mate, third class. He was sent to the Receiving Ship at New 
York for transport service and was again transferred to the S. S. Finland. 
While in this service he was raised to chief pharmacist mate. In September, 
1919, Peterson was transferred to U. S. Naval Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y., 



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CHARLES P. POST 




CHARLES D. PRDTZMAN 




M. B. RICHARDSON 





ROBERT R. RINKENBACH 




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from there to the Receiving Ship at League Island Navy Yard, where he 
was discharged on August 8, 1919. 

PETERSON, PAUL, completed the Ordnance Course at State College, 
and was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., to become a mem- 
ber of the Supply Division, Enlisted Ordnance Corps, National Army. He 
transferred to the Engineers' Enlisted Reserve Corps, National Army, and 
was sent back to Penn State where he assisted in the instruction of the 
Vocational Division, United States Army Department of Electrical Engi- 
neering, until December, 1918, when he was discharged after having been 
transferred to the Students' Army Training Camp in November, 1918. 

PETZOLD, WALTER B., served with the 54th Pioneer Infantry as 
a second lieutenant. 

PIERPOINT, A. B., entered the service at Pittsburgh, Pa., July 22, 1918, 
and went to Camp Lee, Va., where he joined the 115th Depot Brigade. From 
there he was sent to the 4th Battalion and to the 5th Battalion, which was a 
school for non-commissioned officers. On the 23rd of October he was sent to 
Camp Wheeler, Ga., and again transferred to the 2nd Development Battalion. 
He was discharged with the rank of corporal December 23, l9l8. 

PIERSON, JOHN, was sent to Camp Lee, Va., and assigned to the 14th 
Provisional Battalion of the 155th Depot Brigade. 

POST, CHARLES F., enlisted at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, 
N. J., was transferred June 10, 1918, to the Naval Aviation Detachment 
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Erom here 
he was sent to Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla., and after six weeks pre- 
liminary flying training he was sent to Miami, Fla., for advanced flying train- 
ing. He was commissioned ensign, and retained at this station as instructor 
in advanced flying until mustered out of service, April 9, 1920. 

PRUTZMAN, CHARLES D., enlisted on January 29, 1918, in the sixth 
ordnance course at the College. On March 14 he was sent to Columbus Bar- 
racks, Ohio, and on the 19th started the Supply course at the Rock Island 
Arsenal, 111. On May 6 he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., and assigned as 
an instructor in the Ordnance Supply School and attached to Headquarters 
Company. In June he was promoted to sergeant of Ordnance and in July was 
transferred to Special Training Company of the 2nd Regiment in the Officers' 
Training Camp. August 26 he was made Ordnance Sergeant and placed on 
special duty. On October 12, Sergeant Prutzman was transferred to Camp 
Amatol, N. J., and assigned as 1st Sergeant, 16th Ordnance Guard Company, 
and on March 28, 1919, he was transfered from Camp Amatol to Company 3, 
1st Training Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade, at Camp Dix, N. J. Sergeant 
Prutzman received his honorable discharge on April 4, 1919. 

PURVIANCE, ROY A., on April 1, 1918, went to the Aviation Sec- 
tion, Waco, Tex., was sent from there to St. Paul, Minn., for special train- 
ing in airplane instruction and later was selected to be sent to Camp Taylor, 
Ky., to the Central Officers' Training School. Here he was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Field Artillery, November 12, 1918. 

READ, HERBERT N., enlisted in the Ordnance Corps and was assigned 
to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., with rank of private. 

REBER, HORACE C, ranked as chief petty officer, Naval Air Craft 
Factory, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. 



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REED, J. O., enlisted in the Motor Transport Corps, November 2, 1918, 
at Camp Holabird, Md. He was placed in Company E, Repair Unit No. 306, 
and remained in this unit until his discharge April 24, 1919. 

REED, THOMAS M., JR., joined the Penn State Ambulance Unit 529, 
Allentown, Pa., was made sergeant and served in Italy with the same unit. 
He was decorated with the Italian Cross of War. 

REICHARD, W. B., served as second lieutenant, Company B, Engi- 
neers, Development Battalion, Headquarters' Company, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

REIMEL, S. E., served as second lieutenant in Company E, 4th U. S. 
Infantry, 3rd Division, and was in Germany in the Army of Occupation. 
He was made provisional first lieutenant, by the War Department, recom- 
mended for promotion and received the promotion after action in the Chateau 
Thierry offensive. 

REIMER, HAROLD E., in September, 1918, enlisted as private and was 
attached to the 870th Squadron, Air Service Training School, Kelly Field, San 
Antonio, Tex. 

RICHARDS, THEODORE D., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
as a chief boatswain's mate for military instruction of recruits, June 25, 1917. 
He served until August 21, at the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 
when he was sent to the Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J., as acting 
company commander. In February, 1918, he entered the Officers' Material 
class and was commissioned ensign, May 4. On May 21 he sailed for coding 
and communication duties in England, reported to Admiral Sims as coding 
officer on June 9. He was transferred to Paris where he was stationed dur- 
ing the bombing from "Big Bertha" and also at the time of President Wilson's 
first trip to Paris. On the 2nd of January, 1919, he returned to the United 
States. 

RICHARDSON, MARION BLANCHARD, attended the Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant in the Supply Division of the Ordnance Department. He 
was sent to Machine Gun School at Springfield, Armory, Mass., later to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., as assistant to the commanding officer. Machine Gun School. 
He was ordered overseas with a battery of Field Artillery of the California 
National Guard from Camp Kearny, Cal., and after his arrival was made 
•commanding officer of Convoy during the Aisne-Marne defensive. He served 
as commanding officer, Ordnance Detachment at Orly (on duty here for eight 
months). He left for Tours where he served three months in the personnel 
division office of the Adjutant General, Service of Supply. He was discharged 
at Washington, D. C, July 28, 1919, with the commission of second lieutenant. 
Infantry section, Officers' Reserve Corps. 

RINKENBACH, ROBERT R., attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. In this place he was commissioned 
first lieutenant. Field Artillery Reserve Corps, and assigned to the 81st Field 
Artillery, December 15, 1917. He was stationed at various camps, Oglethorpe, 
■Ga., Fremont, Cal., Fort Sill, Okla., and sailed for France November 1, 1918. 
After the armistice he returned to Camp Knox, Ky., was discharged August 
IS, 1919, and commissioned captain, Field Artilery Reserve Corps, December 
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RISSER, GEORGE H., enlisted and served as corporal with the Head- 
quarters Company, 316th Infantry, 79th Division. 

ROBINSON, P. C, entered the Service May 15, 1917, at Fort Benjamin 
Harrison, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps, 
August 15. Lieutenant Robinson was stationed at Camp Sherman from 
August 15 to December 1 ; Camp Johnston, December 1 to February 15, 1918; 
and at Camp Meigs February 15 to April 20, 1918. 

He was placed in command of the 6th Company of the Camp Grant 
detachment on April 20, and with this organization, sailed for France from 
Hoboken May 10, landing in Brest May 20, and arriving in Bordeaux, June 1, 
where he remained in command of the 6th Company until July 1. At this 
time, Lieutenant Robinson was placed in charge of the Building and Power 
Branch, Tours Salvage Depot, and remained in this capacity until December 
15, when he was placed in charge of the Branch of the Paris Salvage Depot. 
He performed this service until July 1, 1918, when he returned to the United 
States, and was discharged August 1, 1918. 

He was promoted to first lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps, October 
30, 1918. 

ROTHERMEL, LLOYD R., enlisted July 13, 1917, at Scranton, Pa., was 
sent to Augusta, Ga., and later transferred to Newport News, Va. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant, in the Ordnance Department, and on August 
9, 1918, was sent to Raritan Arsenal, N. J., at which place he was discharged 
December 14, 1918. 

ROTHROCK, HIRAM H., enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps May 20, 
1918, was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from there to the 2nd Company, 
Recruit Detachment, Fort Caswell, N. C. 

RUNK, JOHN CHARLES, was accepted as instructor in the Ordnance 
Supply Course iit State College, and acted in this capacity until inducted 
into service at Chambersburg, Pa., September 3, 1918. He went to Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., when he left for Camp Mills, L. L, whence he was sent to 
France. 

SCHANTZ, ARTHUR G., entered the Third Provisional Training 
Regiment, at Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 8, 1917, in August was com- 
missioned second lieutenant and sent to the 312th Infantry, at Camp Dix, 
N. J. He was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., to Camp Sherman, O., 
to the Officers' School of the Line, and then to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he 
was assigned to the 5th Infantry Replacement Regiment. On August 25, 
1918, he sailed for France, via England, and reported to the First Depot 
Division, at St. Aignan. Lieutenant Schantz was attached to the Training 
School for Sanitary Troops. He attended the American Expeditionary Forces 
University, from March to June, 1919, when he was sent to St. Nazaire. In 
July he returned home, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

SCHERRER, EDWARD O., JR., enlisted in the regular army June 23, 
1917, at Pittsburgh, Pa., trained at Fort Wood, N. Y., and sailed for France 
November 5, 1917, with the 117th Field Signal Battalion, 42nd Division. Mr. 
Scherrer was in the engagements of Luneville and Baccarat Sectors, Cham- 
pagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne, and served 
with the Army of Occupation at the Rhine, from November, 1918, to April 
9, 1919, when he left for home, and was discharged May 6, 1919. 



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SCHLEINKOFER, GEORGE NORMAN, after taking the War De- 
partment Signal Corps Course at The Pennsylvania State College, was sent 
to College Park, Md. From here he was sent to the Air Service School for 
Radio Officers at Columbia University, then to Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., 
and later to Gerstner Field for radio telephone work. He received his com- 
mission as second lieutenant, and returned to Post Field as a radio officer. 

SCHOEPPE, A. F., was appointed second lieutenant. Infantry, at Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1917, assigned first to the 304th Military Police, 
79th Division, at Camp Meade, Md., then appointed aide to General Kuhn. 
He served as Intelligence Officer, was assigned as company commander to 
the 368th Infantry (Negro troops), to the 154th Depot Brigade, was commis- 
sioned first lieutenant in June, 1918, and sent to the Army Motor School, 
at Kansas City, Mo. Here he acted as company commander with Company 
7, for four months, and at this place was discharged in February, 1919. 

SCHROEDER, MURRAY VON BYRONE, enlisted May 31, 1917, in the 
U. S. Army Ambulance Service, Section 529, and was sent to Allentown, Pa. 
He served overseas with the 27th Army Corps, in Italy, and was decorated 
with the Italian cross of war. 

SCHUTT, HOWARD N., enlisted at Providence, R. I., was sent to Fort 
Wetherill, R. I., and then attended the Third Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga. In April, 1918, he sailed for France and at Saumur attended 
the Artillery School. He was commissioned second lieutenant August, 1918, 
and went into camp with the New York State National Guard, and with 
them on September 1, went into battle near Verdun. In October, he was 
sent to Tours to an Aerial Observation School and in December was trans- 
ferred to Bordeaux. He was in the engagements at Verdun, Chamy, Bethin- 
court, and Dead Man's Hill. 

SEAMAN, JAMES A., enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, was commissioned 
first lieutenant, and sent to Camp Pike, Ark., being attached to the 335th Field 
Artillery. 

SEIBERT, HOWARD E., enlisted in the seventh Ordnance Course at 
the College, and served in this branch of the service in the national army. 

SEIGENFUSE, HARRY M. Y., enlisted at State College, in the Am- 
bulance Corps, and was sent to Allentown for training. On January 8, 1918, 
he sailed for France and served with a Susquehanna University Unit, being 
classed as bugler. 

SESLER, FREDERICK ALLEN, on August 20, 1917, entered as a 
candidate for commission in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 

*SHALLENBERGER, HUGH D., served as second lieutenant with the 
112th Infantry. Lieutenant Shallenberger was killed in action and awarded 
posthumously the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in 
action. A letter from his captain reads as follows : "On the morning of Novem- 
ber 1, the 2nd Battalion was ordered to attack. Hugh had been detailed as 
Battalion Gas Officer, the gas officer having been wounded. When Hugh 
learned of the attack he asked the major to allow him to return to his com- 
pany and take his part in the attack. He led the 3rd Platoon of Company G, 
and when his platoon ran into heavy machine gun fire, at the first burst of 
fire several of his men were killed and he was wounded in the leg. He con- 
tinued the advance until he was hit by another bullet and wounded so 
severely as to disable him. Shortly after a German shell explosion killed him." 



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J. C. SIMONS 



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SHANOR, PAUL G., served as first lieutenant with Company D, 314th 
Engineers, 89th Division. 

SHAY, RUSSELL L., was inducted into service September 5, 1918, and 
attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. He went to Fort DuPont, Del., and 
was assigned to 1st Company, Delaware, Coast Artillery Corps, at that place. 
From here he was sent to the Officers' Training School, Fort Monroe, Va., 
and on November 23, 1918, was discharged from service. 

SHEA, JAMES B., enlisted July 7, 1917, and went to the Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He was transferred to Light Field 
Artillery, commissioned second lieutenant June 1, 1918, and first lieutenant 
on August 9, 1918. In February of the following year, after he graduated 
from the School of Fire, he was commissioned captain. 

*SHIREY, EARNEST P., enlisted in the Regular Army, September 1, 

1917, at New York City, then went to Camp Dix, N. J., as instructor in 
Company K, 312th Infantry, with the rank of corporal. In March, 1918, he 
was transferred to Charlotte, N. C, attached to Company L, 61st Regiment, 
and in July sailed for France. Letters received from him up to October 31, 

1918, stated that he had had some thrilling and "disagreeable" experiences, 
and that he hoped to avoid a repetition of them. Since this date Shirey has 
been listed as missing; the last man to see him, so far as known, was Corporal 
Fulton, of Company F, 61st Infantry, who reported that Shirey, with seven 
observers, went over the top on October 31, 1918, and the party was caught 
in a barrage, all members but Fulton himself being killed, wounded, or 
missing, after the action. Later Shirey's brother received word that Earnest's 
body was found by the Graves Registration section. 

SHIRK, A. E., entered the service September 15, 1917, was assigned to 
Company L, 314th Infantry of the 79th Division, and sent to Camp Meade, 
Md. He entered the Third Officers' Training School there and a few weeks 
later was transferred to Camp Lee, Va., and there commissioned second 
lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 28th Provisional Company and left 
for overseas July 31, 1918. At Brest he joined the 163rd Infantry, and a few 
days later transferred to the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, then on active duty 
on the front. Lieutenant Shirk took part in the St. Mihiel drive and the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive, in which action he was wounded October 4, 1918, 
by a machine gun bullet which shattered his ankle. After his discharge from 
the hospital near Bordeaux he again joined his regiment and with them went 
into Germany by way of Luxembourg, Treves, finally reaching Coblenz on 
December 12, 1918. He sailed for home in July, 1919, and was discharged 
on the 20th of that month at Camp Dix, N. J. 

SHOLLAR, PAUL D., entered the First Officers' Training Camp, May 
11, 1917, and the Second Officers' Training Camp in August, when he was 
commissioned second lieutenant, awaiting provisional appointment in the 
Regular Army. He was assigned to the 14th Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla., 
and commissioned first lieutenant and commanded Battery F, 14th Field 
Artillery, from December, 1918, until he was discharged February 22, 1919. 

SHULTZ, ROSCOE S., attended the U. S. Army School Military Aero- 
nautics, Cornell University, N. Y., April, 1918, and in June was sent to con- 
centration camp for cadets at Dallas, Tex. From here he went to Carruthers 
Field, Fort Worth, Tex., for flying training. In November, 1918, he qualified 
as Reserve Military Aviator, and was discharged December 10, 1918. 



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SIMONS, JOHN C, enlisted in the U. S. Army Ambulance Service June 
1, 1917, and went to Allentown, Pa., and with Section 530, he sailed for Italy. 
Simons was transferred to Mantua, the American Supply Base, thence to Sec- 
tion 526, operating above Venice. He was attached to the 3rd Italian Army 
and received an Italian citation for the work done. Owing to an accident he 
was sent to a hospital where he remained for three months, but finally sent 
to Virginia, Camp Stuart Hospital, and then to Oswego, N. Y., from which 
place he was discharged July 7, 1919. 

SITES, FRANK B., was admitted to the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, receiving there a commission of 
first lieutenant. Infantry. He was assigned to the 56th Infantry at Chicka- 
mauga Park, Ga., and served with that organization until July 1, 1918, when 
he was transferred to the 7th Ammunition Train of the 7th Division. Lieu- 
tenant Sites sailed for France August 18, 1918, as adjutant of the Motor 
Battalion. On October 29, 1918, he was commissioned captain. Field Artillery, 
and assigned as regimental adjutant of the above organization, which posi- 
tion he held while serving with the Army of Occupation. 

SMITH, CHARLES C, enlisted and served with the merchant marine 
in the sea service recruiting bureau, Philadelphia. 

SMITH, DOUGLASS LEE, enlisted at Madison Barracks, N. Y., in the 
First Officers' Training Camp, J\Iay 12, 1917, joined the 109th Field Artillery 
at West Pittston, Pa., which organization trained with the 28th Division, 
in Augusta, Ga., and with them sailed for service in France. He participated 
in the following engagements : Fismes-Vesle, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, 
Ypres-Lys. He returned to the United States May 9, 1919, and was dis- 
charged as corporal and expert rifleman on May 19, 1919. 

SMITH, F. G., enlisted in 1917 and was sent to one of the Reserve Of- 
ficers' Training Camps. 

SMITH, NORMAN E., enlisted May 15, 1918, in the Fourth Officers' 
Training School at Battle Creek, Mich., and was transferred to the Officers' 
Training School at Camp Lee, Va. Here he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, assigned to the Regimental Supply Company, of the 71st Infantry, 
11th Division, in which capacity he served until discharged January 24, 1919. 

SMITH, PAUL R., served at Camp Lee, Va., from August, 1918, until 
discharged November 23, 1918. Here he served in the Base Hospital during 
the influenza epidemic. 

SMITH, ROSCOE S., attended the Training School, Camp Meade, Md., 
in May, 1918, and the Field Artillery Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, 
Ky., where he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, and sent 
to Camp Jackson, S. C. Here he served in the Field Artillery Replacement 
Depot until discharged December 7, 1918. 

SMITH, THOMAS J., was acting sergeant with Company G, 29th Regi- 
ment (Infantry), 17th Division. 

SMOLEY, A. R., completed the Ordnance Supply Course, at Penn State 
College, and went to the Rock Island Arsenal, 111., then to Camp Hancock, Ga. 
At this place he was made sergeant with the Headquarters' Company, 3rd 
Regiment Supply School, and was later sent to Chemical Plant No. 4, Salt- 
ville, Va. He was promoted to sergeant, first class, and discharged at Camp 
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SPENCER, LISLE A., entered the service September 19, 1917, at Camp 
Lee, Va., with Company D, 3rd Military Police, 80th Division. He later 
transferred to the 305th Mobile Veterinary Corps and arrived in France, 
June 9, 1918. With this division he saw action on the Artois, St. Mihiel, and 
the Meuse-Argonne and returned to the United States, June 3, 1919. 

SPOTTS, WILLIAM R., on November 3, 1917, enlisted in the service 
and went to Camp Meade, Md., in the 310th Field Artillery, 79th Division. 
On June 15th 1918, he was transferred to the Headquarters Detachment of 
the 79th Division. 

ST. CLAIR, C. D., entered the service at the University of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, Training Detachment, as a sergeant instructor. He was sent on 
September 1, 1918, to Camp Taylor, Ky., to the Field Artillery Officers' 
Training School, after which he received his discharge November 30, 1918. 

STANFIELD, ARTHUR E., enlisted in the Seventh Ordnance Course 
at The Pennsylvania State College. 

STETLER, H. F., entered the Field Artillery Officers' Training Camp, 
Camp Custer, Mich., as a member of the quota from State College, in May, 

1918. In July he was transferred to the Field Artillery Central Officers' 
Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky., and here commissioned second lieutenant. 
He was sent to Camp Sheridan, Ala., where he joined the 85th Regiment, 
Field Artillery, November 2, 1918. He was discharged from this camp after 
having been commissioned second lieutenant, February 17, 1919. 

STEVENS, ROBERT P., was stationed at Camp Wadsworth, Sparten- 
burg, S. C, for five months, and after the signing of the armistice went to 
Camp Meade, Md., with Company A, 62nd Pioneers. 

STORMFELTZ, CLARENCE S., enlisted May 1, 1918, at Camp Colt, 
Gettysburg, Pa., and sailed for England August 1. After training he qualified 
in all classes of the tank school and was selected as tank driver and sent to 
Neury Paillous. After the signing of the armistice Stormfeltz volunteered 
to take charge of a truck repair depot, which job he held until the Tank 
Corps was ordered home. He returned to Camp Meade, Md., in the fall of 

1919, and was discharged. 

STOVER, J. E., enlisted August 23, 1917, in the Signal Reserve Corps, 
Harrisburg, Pa., and was sent to Camp Meade, Md., where he was assigned 
to the 312th Field Signal Battalion, 79th Division. He worked with Company 
B, the wire company, and in December was sent to Camp Morse, Leon 
Springs, Tex., to the Training Battalion for officers in the Reserve Corps, 
Signal Section. On April 16, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant 
and sent to Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., where he was assigned as instructor in 
the Reserve Officers' Training Battalion. After the armistice he was assigned 
to the 221st Field Signal Battalion, and was in command of Company B until 
January 20, 1919, when he was discharged. 

SUNDAY, JOHN L., on May 13th, 1918, enlisted in the Coast Artillery, 
Fort Totten, N. Y. He attended the 5th Officers' Training School, Fort Mon- 
roe, Va., and was commissioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, 
National Army, Fort Monroe, Va., September 25, 1918. From October 7 to 
November 7, 1918, Lieutenant Sunday was at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., and from 
November 7 to December 11, 1918, he was at Camp Eustis, Lee Hall, Va., 



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J. E. STOVER 




i: L s SWAM 




JOSEPH C. SWENARTON 




J. H. WAKING 





RAYMOND G. WALTZ 




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with the 32nd Regiment of Artillery. He was honorably discharged from the 
service December 11, 1918, at Fort Monroe, Va. 

SUTTON, GERALD R., enlisted with the 5th Engineers and in Janu- 
ary, 1918, was appointed sergeant in Company E, 15th U. S. Engineers 
(Railway) American Expeditionary Forces. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant November 12, 1919. 

SWAIN, WALTER, enlisted in the Tank Corps, and was sent to Gettys- 
burg, Pa. While in France Swain served with the 377th Training and 
Replacement Company, Tank Corps. 

SWAM, ROLAND E. S., was inducted into service September 19, 1917, 
and sent to Camp Meade, Md., and assigned to Company H, 316th Infantry. 
He entered the Third Officers' Training School here and was ordered to 
Camp Lee, Va., May 20, 1918, where he was commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to the Replacement Camp in August, 1918. He was attached 
to the Engineer Officers' Training School as an assistant instructor and then 
was transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., to the 550th Engineers' Battalion. 
Again he was transferred to Camp Lee October 2, 1918, assigned to the 
98th Engineers, and was discharged December 1, 1918. 

SWENARTON, JOSEPH C, entered the service May 13, 1918, and was 
sent to Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, to prepare for work in 
mobile laboratory. He was ill and spent two months in the Walter Reed 
Hospital, re-entering the Army Medical School in September. Here he re- 
mained until the armistice was signed, then went to the Yale University 
Army Laboratory School for instruction in clinical work. In January, 1919, 
he was sent to U. S. A. General Hospital No. 9, Lakewood, N. J., for duty in 
the General Laboratory. 

SYKES, EDWARD H., was stationed at the Officers' Training School, 
conducted by the Engineer Division Ordnance Department, Erie Proving 
Grounds, Fort Clinton, Ohio. 

THRONE, ROBERT H., from 1917 to 1918 as private was in the Ord- 
nance Department of the Army as a works inspector. He took a course of 
Signal Corps work at the University of Vermont. 

TRAPPE, JOHN WALTER B., was a first private, Medical Corps, 
Evacuation Hospital No. 5, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

TRIMBLE, GEORGE J., attended the First Officers' Training Camp, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 13 to August 15, 1917, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Infantry, in the Regular Army. He joined the 48th In- 
fantry, at Syracuse, N. Y., and was assigned to duty with troops on the line. 
For a year he served with his regiment as guard at Newport News, Va., 
embarkation port in June 12, 1918. He was commissioned first lieutenant 
and in September went to Camp Sevier, S. C, where they were taken into 
the 20th Division. He was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, and as- 
signed to guard duty. In May, 1919, he resigned his commission in order 
to return to college. 

VAN DYKE, JAMES R., served in the Y. M. C. A. at various posts 
and hospitals. 

VOGEL, FLOYD F., was called to active duty in the Signal Corps, 
June 5, 1918, to College Park, Md. With fifteen other State men he worked 



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in radio telegraphy and telephony. He was recommended for commission and 
transferred to Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., for further training in the Officers' 
Training Battalion. He passed all tests successfully and was discharged 
November 30, 1918. In December of that year he was commissioned second 
lieutenant in the Signal Reserve Corps. 

WALTZ, RAYMOND G., was drafted into service and attached to Com- 
pany C, 314th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. On February 15, 1918, he was 
transferred to Headquarters Company, 314th Infantry, and sailed from Ho- 
boken on the transport Leviathan, arriving in Brest, France, July 15, 1918. 
Waltz took part in Sector 304 defensive, September 13-25 ; Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, September 26-30; Troyon sector, October 8-26; and Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, October 28 to November 11, 1918. He sailed from St. Nazaire for 
the United States and was discharged from the service May 31, 1919. 

WATTS, GILBERT S., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, June 
26, 1918, trained at Cape May, N. J., and at the U. S. Naval Aviation School, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. He was released 
from active duty with the rank of flying cadet, November 22, 1918. 

WASHBURN, JOHN M., enlisted in the Naval Reserve, Pelham Bay, 
N. Y., on September 11, 1918, and was later promoted to ensign. 

WAY, JOHN LOGAN, was a member of the 2nd Company, Officers' 
Training School, Camp Custer, Mich., from May to June, 1918, when he was 
transferred to the 2nd Company, Machine Gun Officers' Training School, 
Camp Hancock, Ga. In September, 1918, he was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant and on January 1, 1919, was transferred to Camp Dix, N. J., where he 
was discharged from the 41st Company Training Battalion, 153rd Depot 
Brigade. Way now holds the rank of second lieutenant in the Quartermaster 
Corps Reserves. 

WEISS, JOHN ALFRED, entered the Army and was stationed at Camp 
Jackson, S. C. 

WELCH, PAUL v., attended the Signal Corps School, College Park, 
Md., with about eighteen other Penn State men. He was sent to Camp Vail, 
N. J., commissioned second lieutenant and from there overseas. He spent 
a few days in rest billets when the armistice was signed, and he returned to 
the United States where he was discharged. 

WEINMAN, WILBUR R., served as second lieutenant with Headquar- 
ters' Company, 319th Infantry, and went through all the fights participated 
in by his regiment when overseas. 

WEIR, PAUL, served with the Engineers as instructor on detached 
service. 

WELLING, DANIEL SEARLE, was commissioned second lieutenant 
at First Officers' Training Camp, Fort Meyer, Va., and transferred to the 
30th Division, 115th Field Artillery, where he was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery, in March, 1918. He served overseas with the above 
organization and upon his return to the United States was promoted cap- 
tain, stationed as instructor in Camp Knox, Ky. He was discharged August 
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WHEELING, GEORGE FOWLER, was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant September 25, 1918, assigned to Washington, D. C, for guard duty at 
the White House. In November he was relieved and sent to the 41st 
Artillery, Fort Monroe, Va., where he was discharged December 23, 1918. 

WHETSTONE, ROBERT B., enlisted May 16, 1917, at New York in 
the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, with which organization he held the ratings 
respectively of seaman, first class. Coxswain, and boatswain's mate, first 
class. In an accident aboard the U. S. S. Ryndam he was injured and dis- 
charged from service August 17, 1918. 

WILLIAMS, J. A., entered the service September 19, 1917, and served 
overseas from June 4, 1918, to August 30, 1919, with the 89th Division. 

WILLIAMS, JAMES C, trained at Camp Lee, Va., in the 21st Company, 
Central Officers' Training Camp. 

WILLIAMS, ROBERT LEE, entered the First Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 13, 1917. He was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery, and assigned to 309th Field Artillery, 
Camp Dix, N. J. On December 31, 1917, he was commissioned first 
lieutenant, Field Artillery. He was in overseas' service from May, 1918, to 
August, 1919. He participated in four major operations. 

WILSON, HOWARD HAVEN, went to Fort Monroe, Va., June 14, 
1918, was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the advanced 
orientation course. He spent three weeks at Charlottesville, S. C, doing 
rapid topography and was then assigned to the 34th Coast Artillery Corps. 
At Camp Eustice, Va., he served with the famous Sea-Coast Gun on the 
wheeled mount. From here he was transferred to several detachments, finally 
being stationed with Battery E, 60th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. 

WILSON, JOSEPH H., attended the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, ordered to 
Camp Meade, Md., and thence transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala. He 
served with the 115th Infantry for six weeks, was then transferred to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., to the 112th Infantry, then to Camp Jackson, S. C, where he 
was made assistant mustering officer for two months, receiving officer for 
three months and then sent to the Personnel Officers' School, Camp Gordon, 
Ga. He was commissioned first lieutenant, then captain, in which capacity 
he served at Camp Travis, Tex. He was finally transferred to Penn State 
as assistant professor of military science and tactics and was discharged at 
Camp Dix, N. J., October 10, 1919. 

WILSON, MATTHEW JAMES, JR., served as corporal with the Head- 
quarters' Company, 380th Infantry, 95th Division. 

WILLS, S. A., enlisted in the Signal Corps Reserve Force, and was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. 

WINCHESTER, GLENN A., entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., 
where he attended in June, 1918, the First Engineer Officers' Training Camp. 
In July, he was transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., and as sergeant with 
Company F, Development Battalion, No. 2, he was discharged December 
4, 1918. 



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JAMBS C. WILLIAMS 




G. A. WINCHESTER 




M. J. WILSON. JR. 




GEORGE L. WRIGHT 





W. It. YOUNG 



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H. K. ANDERSON 



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WRIGHT, GEORGE LEONARD, went to the Fort Niagara Officers' 
Training Camp, May, 1917, where he was commissioned first lieutenant and 
sent to Camp Meade, Md., until July, 1918. He then sailed for overseas 
service, saw action in the Argonne and on September 26, 1918, was promoted 
to captain in the 315th Infantry, 79th Division. He was cited for extraordi- 
nary heroism in action at Malancourt, when on September 28, in order to 
save his men, he crossed a clearing in the face of heavy machine gun fire 
to secure information concerning the troops on his flank. Captain Wright 
has been decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, with the Croix _de 
Guerre, has received a French Army citation and has been made a Chevallier 
of the Legion of Honor. 

WRIGHT, HOMER D., was commissioned second lieutenant, Infan- 
try, August 9, 1917, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and assigned to the 154th Depot 
Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. In June, 1918, he was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant, and served as battalion adjutant with the 10th and the 4th Training 
Battalions, 154th Depot Brigade. He was discharged January 11, 1919. 

WYCKOFF, LLOYD E., enlisted in the Signal Reserve Corps June 28, 
1918, at Erie, Pa., was sent to College Park, Md., and from there to Camp 
Alfred Vail, N. J., where he was in the 3rd Company, Officers' Training 
Battalion, and received his discharge December 5, 1918. 

YEAGER, FREDERICK T., went to Camp Hancock as a member of 
Troop L, First Pennsylvania Cavalry, afterward getting his commission in 
the Officers' Training School. He went across with the Pennsylvania Division 
and was in the fight at Chateau Thierry. Lieutenant Yeager, with a squad 
of men, rescued Lieutenant Smith and a part of Company G, of the 110th 
Infantry, after they had been trapped by the Germans and fought at bay 
for seventy-two hours. Lieutenant Yeager was three times wounded, and 
for bravery in action was recommended for promotion to captain. 

YEAGLEY, PAUL K., enlisted May 20, 1918, and went to College Park, 
Md., to the Officers' Signal Corps School. In August he was transferred 
to the Air Service, sent to the Radio Officers' School, at Columbia University, 
N. Y., where he contracted influenza, and was sent to the Base Hospital. 
Later he went to Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., was commissioned second 
lieutenant, and sent to Gerstner Field. Lieutenant Yeagley was discharged 
at the latter place December, 1918. 

YOUNG, W. P., enlisted June 20, 1916, in the 18th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, and in April, 1917, after attending the First Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Niagara, New York, was mustered into federal service. He 
was transferred to the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell, N. Y., 
July 17, 1917, and in August entered the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve 
Corps. He sailed for France October 13, 1917, and served as a cadet flyer in 
Foggia, Italy, from February 12 to June 1, 1918. He was then sent to Tours 
where on August 1 he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Air Service. 
He returned to Foggia where he served until the end of the war. He was 
discharged January 10, 1919. 

YOUNG, WILLIAM R., enlisted May 15, 1918, in the Fourth Officers' 
Training School at Camp Muster, Mich., was transferred to the Field Artillery, 
Central Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky., and commissioned 
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the 5th Regiment, Field Artillery, Camp Jackson, S. C, transferred to the 
School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and in December, 1918, was discharged. 
Later he was commissioned first lieutenant with the U. S. Reserves, Field 
Artillery Section. 

ZANE, ROBERT T., served as second lieutenant in the Air Service, 
Garden City, L. I. 

ZIEGLER, ROYDEN McL., attended the First Officers' Training Camp, 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., but owing to his failure on the color test was honorably 
discharged. After several eitorts to enlist he awaited his call in the draft, and 
was sent to Camp Meade, Md., where he was at once made acting sergeant 
in the 304th Engineers. He then volunteered in the Regular Service for tank 
operations and was accepted. He trained for several months in England, 
was sent to the front, where he was slightl}' wounded by a shell which struck 
the tank which he was operating. 

ZIMMERMAN, MARTIN L., was in the Air Service with the 295th 
Aero Squadron, first as radio cadet. After his discharge he was awarded a 
commission as second lieutenant, Air Service Section of the Signal Corps 
Reserve. 

ZUFALL, MERLE E., after completing the Sixth Ordnance Supply 
Course, at Penn State, he served overseas with the Ordnance Department. 

1919 

ADAMS, HERMAN WILLIAM, joined the Penn State Ambulance Unit 
which was recruited at State College at the end of his sophomore year. Pfe 
served with the unit on the Italian front, and was decorated with the Italian 
Cross of War. 

AILMAN, JEROME McCLEERY, served as a private with Company 
L, 314th Infantry, in the American Expeditionary Force. He was in action 
twice, going over the top on the morning of September 26, 1918, for his first 
offensive. On the following day he was wounded and sent to the rear of the 
lines and then to Vichy. Coming back to the front, he joined his company 
just in time to go up on November 1, 1918, and was there at the finish, 
being stationed about eleven miles north of Verdun. 

AKE, K. W., enlisted in the 5th Regiment Aero Squadron, at Camp Kelly, 
San Antonio, Tex. 

ALLEN, JAMES, entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, June 1, 
1918, and on September 16 was commissioned second lieutenant. He was 
stationed at Camp Zachary Ta3dor, Ky., attached to the 35th Training Bat- 
tery, Field Artillery, and was discharged December 14, 1918. 

ANDERSON, HOWARD KIRK, entered the service February 13, 1918, 
with the 313th Field Artillery, Battery A, at Camp Lee, Va. On May 26 he 
sailed for France, where he trained at Champ du Meucon, and went into 
the Argonne, after the engagement at Dead Man's Hill, near Verdun. He 
was sent to hospital in November, rejoined his regiment in January, 1919, and 
with them sailed for home May 16, where he was discharged at Camp Lee, 
Va., June 6, 1919. Anderson entered the service as a private, was promoted 
to private, first class, to corporal, to sergeant, and then to supply sergeant. 



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ANDERSON, JOSEPH BERNARD, attended the Machine Gun Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Hancock, Ga., and was in the 13th Company of the 
3rd Regiment. 

ANWYLL, H. LEEDS, entered the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on May 11, 1917, was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Quartermaster's Corps, on August 15, and assigned to active duty 
in the Motor Transport Service at Camp Meade, Md. He was transferred to 
Camp Upton, L. I., on December 26, 1917, for duty with Motor Supply Train 
No. 407, and sailed January 15, 1918, landing at Glasgow, Scotland. He 
arrived at Le Havre February 4, 1918. Motor Supply Train No. 407 was 
ordered to Pont Ste. Maxence, near Soissons, and arrived there on February 
7. He became a part of the Reserve Mallet, a French motor reserve, as a 
supply officer and adjutant until March 24, when he was transferred to 
Headquarters Motor Transport Service at Tours, until July 27, 1918. He 
was then transferred to Headcjuarters Intermediate Section, at Nevers, as 
assistant and also as convoy officer. He was assigned to command Motor 
Transport Company No. 610 on December 3, 1918, and held this command 
until July 23, 1919. The outfit sailed from Brest on July 9, 1919, and arrived in 
the United States on July 18. Lieutenant Anwyll was promoted to the rank 
of first lieutenant. Motor Transport Corps, on May 8, 1919, and was honor- 
ably discharged from the service on September 3, 1919. 

BABBITT, FRANKLIN SKIDMORE, was in the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps at Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

BAHRT, GEORGE M., enlisted in the Army as a private, and while in 
the service was stationed at Camp Kendrix, Long Island Laboratory, Edge- 
wood Arsenal, Hasting-on-the-Hudson, and at New York. At the time of 
his discharge he had the rank of sergeant, first class. Chemical Warfare 
Service. 

BAKER, ROGER MARK, was at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., during the summer of 1918, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Artillery Corps. He was sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., 
where he was discharged on December 28, 1918. 

*BAIR, EDWARD HART, entered the service in the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y. After remaining there eight 
weeks he was discharged on account of his youthful appearance and under- 
weight. Anxious to continue in the service, he returned home and finally 
succeeded in being admitted to the Headquarters Company of the 10th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania National Guard, which was merged later into the 110th 
U. S. Infantry. At Camp Hancock, Ga., he performed detached service as 
an orderly. The regiment left camp in April, 1918, and arrived in France, 
May 17. Upon entering active service on the battle front he was continued 
as an orderly, and because of his daring he was selected as a runner to drive 
the only motorcycle with a side car in the regiment. 

On July 30, the fourth day's battle of the Ourcq, the 110th Infantry was in 
the advance and formed the first line. The Germans, driven from the hill, 
covered their retreat by a heavy shelling. It was one of these shells that 
caused the death of young Bair. He was in the headquarters building with a 
number of others, when a high explosive shell struck the building, wrecking 
it and killing all outright. The headquarters' platoon of the 110th Regiment 
received a citation for valorous conduct and efficient service, in which the 
name of Edwin H. Bair was included. 



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BALDERSTON, CALEB CANBY, 2nd, was a member of a reconstruc- 
tion unit in France in 1917. Then he was an ambulance driver in an English 
Field Ambulance Unit until January, 1919. During the last three months he 
served as a dispatch rider. In January he was transferred to the Commission 
for Relief in Belgium, with the rank of second lieutenant. He remained in 
Belgium until August, 1919. 

EARNER, FRANK G., enlisted in the service August 14, 1918, and was 
sent to Erie, Pa., as an automobile mechanic. On September 14, he was 
transferred to the Reserve Officers' Training School, at Camp Lee,_ Va. He 
was discharged January 15, 1919, with the commission of second lietitenant, 
Infantry, Officers' Reserve Corps. 

BARRETT, E. L., went to the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, Platts- 
burg, N. Y., on June 1, 1918. He was promoted to sergeant July 5, 1918, to 
first sergeant July 20, 1918, to provisional second lieutenant August 15, 1918, 
and to second lieutenant. Infantry, September 16, 1918. On September 26, 
1918, he was detailed to Columbia University, New York City. He was placed 
in command of Company I, Columbia University Unit, Students' Army Tram- 
ing Corps. He received his discharge from service December 28, 1918. 

BATHURST, CHARLES RICHARD, left college at the end of his first 
year to become a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy. 

BAUBLITZ, ORVILLE LEROY, served as a private at Fort du Pont, 
Del., and was then stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. He was then promoted to 
second lieutenant, White House Guard, Washington, D. C. Later he served 
in Battery B, 41st Railroad Artillery, Fort Monroe, Va. 

BEAMER, RUSSELL WAGNER, joined the Navy and was stationed 
at the Great Lakes Naval Training School with Company 561, Camp Decatixr, 
Great Lakes, 111. He was discharged January 27, 1919. 

BECK, CLARENCE ROBERT, enlisted in the Penn State unit of the 
U. S. Army Ambulance Unit at its inception and was at Allentown and at 
State College with the section. He became corporal of Section 529, and served 
in this capacity on the Italian front, receiving the Italian Cross of War. 

BELL, JOHN LARKINS, completed the Ordnance Course at The Penn- 
sylvania State College, and enlisted in the Ordnance Corps July 19, 1917. 
He was transferred to Rock Island Arsenal, promoted to Ordnance sergeant, 
November 1, 1917, and second lieutenant July 11, 1918. He sailed for France 
July 29, 1918, and served there as an aircraft armament officer, specializing in 
air craft machine guns and bomb-dropping devices. He attended University 
of Liverpool, England, four months. He arrived in the United States July 
29, 1919, and was discharged August 20, 1919. 

BERSINGER, C. E., enlisted December 6, 1917, in the Aviation Section, 
Signal Corps, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. On February 1, 1918, he was 
transferred to the Ordnance Department and detailed to Sandy Hook Prov- 
ing Grounds, N. J., and on July 15, 1918, to Ordnance Engineers' Training 
School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. He was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Ordnance Department, October 26, 1918, and assigned to Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds. He was discharged September 11, 1919. 



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BIRD, GEORGE E., after attending the Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Madison Barracks in the summer of 1917 joined the 305th Field Signal 
Battalion February 12, 1918, at Camp Lee, Va. He sailed May 29, 1919, 
with this organization for France. A month later he went into active service 
with the British near Albert. In August he moved into the American Sector 
and took part in the Saint Mihiel and Argonne drives until November 2, when 
he was taken to the Base Hospital at Allery suffering from influenza. 
February 1, 1919, he sailed for New York and was discharged at Camp Dix 
February 21. While in the service Mr. Bird was wireless and telephone 
operator and dispatcher. 

BLACKMAN, J. J., enlisted in and completed the first Ordnance Course 
at the College and served in this branch of the service in the national army. 

BLISS, CLINTON FARLEY, enlisted as apprentice seaman, and trained 
at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va. He served as seaman, and 
yeoman on U. S. S. Virginia, on coast guard duty, and on two trips on convoy 
duty. He was discharged in December, 1918. 

BOUCHER, PAUL JOHN, was a private, first class, Company E, 305th 
Engineers, Camp Lee, Va. 

BROCK, HUDSON GUY, enlisted July 9, 1917, in the Naval Reserve 
Force, and trained at Newport, R. I., aboard the U. S. S. Des Moines. He 
took five trips on convoy duty, was commissioned ensign September 7, 1918, 
in the 5th Naval Reserve Officers' School at Annapolis, Md., and served in 
the Third Naval District. He received his discharge March 27, 1919. 

BROWN, CARL W., attended the Plattsburg Camp, Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, from June 3 to July 5, 1918, and then enlisted in the U. S. 
Naval Reserve Force August 3, 1918. He received his discharge January 
11, 1919. 

BROWN, RALPH DEFORREST, served as a second lieutenant at Beth- 
any College, Bethany, W. Va., during the Students' Army Training Corps. 

BRUHNS, JULIUS PAUL, entered the service in the Ordnance Depart- 
ment. 

BURDAN, JOSEPH HOWARD, served with Section 530, the Penn 
State Section, Ambulance Corps. He was with the unit on the Italian front, 
and in France, and ranked as sergeant. 

BURKE, WILLIAM T., enlisted in the Reserve Officers' Training Camp 
at Penn State in September, 1917. He was sent to Plattsburg Barracks, N. 
Y., June, 1918. He was promoted from private to supply sergeant, and then 
to first sergeant. He was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., to Officers' 
Machine Gun School, and commissioned second lieutenant, September 16, 
1918. He completed the machine gun school with the rank of instructor, 
and was assigned to Group 4, Main Training Depot at that camp. He was 
assigned as company commander, 11th Provisional Company, October Re- 
placement Draft, but was never sent overseas. He received his discharge 
December 24, 1918. 

BURNS, LEROY W., was a cadet at the Rockwell Aviation Field, San 
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BUTLER, C. C, attended the Reserve Officers' Training School at Fort 
Niagara, N. Y. 

BYERS, WILLIAM BARTOLETT, sailed to France as a civilian May 
19, 1917, and landed at Bordeaux, May 30, 1917. He went immediately to 
Paris and enlisted in the American Field Service, a branch of the Foreign 
Legion of the French Army. He was sent to S. S. E. U. 65 (Section Sanitaire 
Etats Unis) a week later, and reached the front by the end of June, 1917, 
attached to the 68th Division of Infantry (French Army). He served with 
the 68th Division throughout the campaigns of the Chemin des Dames until 
September 23, 1917, when he secured his discharge from the French Army 
to join the American Army. He was decorated August 8 at Chateau Thierry 
by General Menville with a divisional citation of the Croix de Guerre (silver 
star). He returned to America in the fall of 1917 as a civilian, enlisted in the 
U. S. Regular Army as a private in the Field Artilley and was sent from 
Fort Slocum, N. Y., to Camp Shelby, Miss., in Febuary, 1918, to join the 76th 
Field Artillery, 3rd Division. He sailed April 22 with Headquarters Company, 
76th Field Artillery, and landed at Brest May 6, 1918. Byers served with the 
3rd Division throughout the campaigns of the Champaign defensive, the Aisne- 
Marne offensive, the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient, and the first, second 
and third phases of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was made corporal 
August 9, 1918, and was sent to the Artillery Officers' Training School at 
Saumur, in November, 1918. He was detailed to instruction on the G. P. F. 
gun (Coast Artillery) and graduated February 1, as second lieutenant, Re- 
serve Corps, Coast Artillery. He was decorated with the American Field 
Service Medal, Engage Voluntaire ribbon (French), Croix de Guerre (silver 
star) and the Victory Medal with four bronze clasps. On April 9, 1919, he 
was discharged. 

CARAMELLA, FRANCIS JOSEPH, completed the Ordnance Supply 
Course offered at The Pennsylvania State College, and enlisted in the Ord- 
nance Department. He was first stationed at the U. S. Arsenal, Augusta, Ga., 
and then joined the 3rd Company, 6th Battalion, at Camp Hancock, Ga. 

CESARE, MARTIN R., entered the service with the Penn State Am- 
bulance Unit and was with Section 529 until August 22, 1918, when he was 
transferred to the Motor Repair Shop Detachment, U. S. A. A. S. 

CIANCIARULO, CHARLES, entered the service September 22, 1917, 
in Company B, 304th Engineers, at Camp Meade, Md. He went to the 
Fourth Officers' Training School at this camp and later to the school at Camp 
Gordon, Ga. Here he was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, was 
assigned to Camp Greene, N. C, then to Development Battalion No. 2, at 
Camp Greene. On January 22, 1919, he was discharged from the service. 

CLARK, RUSSELL E., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force March 
15, 1918, and was called into service one month later at Wissahickon Barracks, 
Cape May, N. J. When Penn State opened in September, 1918, he was sent 
there to assist in drilling the Naval Unit of the Student Army Training 
Corps. He was released from service December 20, 1918. 

CLAYPOOL, HOMER HUBERT, enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., July 
23, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant in Field Artillery at the 
same camp. In September, 1918, he went to the Central Officers' Training 
School, Camp Taylor, Ky., and was discharged from this camp December 14, 
1918. 



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CHAKLBS CIANCIAEULO 




CHARLES CZULEGER 




ALBERT C. CEAUILER 




WALTER H. CRAMER 





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C. Iv. DENNY 



L. S. G CONO^ ER 



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CONOVER, LARNER S. G., was in the Ordnance service and was 
stationed at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., and later at Big Point Ordnance 
Depot, Big Point, Va. From the latter place he left to go to Camp Hancock, 
Ga., where he was assigned to the 1st Casual Company, 1st Regiment. From 
this unit he was transferred to the Special Training Company, which was an 
Ordnance Officers' Training Camp. He was recommended for a commission 
as second lieutenant. Ordnance. While at Hancock he received an appoint- 
ment as sergeant. The football team of the Camp Hancock Ordnance De- 
partment was captained and coached by Sergeant Conover. 

COX, WILLIAM EVERETT, was a member of the Central Officers' 
Training School, Camp Gordon, Ga., and qualified for the commission of sec- 
ond lieutenant, U. S. Reserve Officers' Corps. 

CRAMER, WALTER HAYNES, entered the First Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 12, 1917. He took the Ordnance Training 
Course at Penn State, and enlisted in the Ordnance Department, July 19, 
1917. He was appointed to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga., and obtained permission to train with the Field Artillery 
Corps. He completed his training November 26, 1917, and was recommended 
for a commission, but was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., as a private in Ord- 
nance. He sailed from the United States July 9, 1918, and arrived at Brest, 
France, a week later. After working some time in the Ordnance repair shops 
at Mehun, he was assigned to the First Army, Ammunition Depot, and was 
sent to the St. Mihiel sector until September 16, 1918, when he was sent to 
the Meuse-Argonne sector. For four months after the armistice he was 
engaged in demolition work and was then transferred to the Second Army 
in "the same kind of work. He was sent to the Ordnance repair shops at 
Mehun, April, 1919. He sailed, June 30, 1919, and received his discharge 
from the service July 23, 1919. 

CRAUMER, ALBERT CAROL, started training at the Fort Oglethorpe 
Officer's school in August, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant 
three months later. He served in France with Company F, 60th Infantry, 
5th Division and also with 9th Infantry, 2nd Division. Lieutenant Craumer 
was promoted to first lieutenant while in France and was wounded in action 
November 6, 1918, at Dun-sur-Meuse. For gallantry in action he was awarded 
the Croix de Guerre with silver star. 

CREDE, HERBERT WARNER, enlisted in the Air Service in August, 
1917, and went overseas in November. He was commissioned first lieutenant 
in May, 1918. He trained at Second Aviation Instruction Center, Third 
Aviation Instruction Center, and at St. Jean des Montes. He was attached to 
the 12th Aero Squadron and then to the 1st Aero Squadron, with First Army 
Corps. At the end of the war the 1st Aero Squadron became part of Third 
Army Corps of the Army of Occupation. He was discharged July, 1919. 

CZULEGER, CHARLES, was sent to the Second Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 27, 1917, and commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. Infantry. He was then assigned to the 91st Division, Camp Lewis, 
American Lake, Wash. After serving as a machine-gun instructor at this 
camp for several months he was transferred from the Infantry to the Air 
Service with the same rank and was later promoted to first lieutenant. He 
was exchange officer in the 2nd Provisional Regiment, Vancouver Barracks. 
He received his discharge in December, 1919. 



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DARRACH, EDWARD HARRIS, was at Plattsburg Camp, N. Y., dur- 
ing the summer of 1918, and received his commission as second lieutenant, 
Field Artillery, September 16, 1918. He continued his training at Camp 
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., was graduated, and discharged from service Decem- 
ber 28, 1918. 

DARRAGH, LEO VINCENT, was in the Signal Corps. 

DEGEN, CARL GEORGE, attended the Infantry school at Camp Gor- 
don, Ga. 

DENNISON, WILLIAM EMBREE, a member of the First City Troop 
of Philadelphia, became a part of the National Army and went into training 
at Camp Hancock, Ga. Leaving the latter camp, he joined the Aviation forces 
at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., with the 84th Aero Squadron. 

DENNY, CARROLL KUNKEL, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force, July 5, 1918, and was sent to Puget Sound Naval Training Station, 
September 12, 1918, as apprentice seaman. He was transferred to the U. S. 
Naval Steam Engineering School, to Pelham Bay Training Station, November 
15, 1918, with rating of chief machinists' mate. From January 4 to March 17, 
1919, he was ranked as chief petty officer, and from March 17 to June 14, 
1919, as warrant officer, and stationed on board U. S. S. Tivives. He was 
graduated from the Steam Engineering School at Stevens Institute, June 14, 
1919, as ensign. He was then released from active duty. 

DEWALD, FLOYD I., entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
Plattsburg, N. Y., on June 1, 1918. Finished that camp, enlisted in the 
Students' Army Training Camp on July 5, 1918, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Infantry, unassigned, September 16, 1918. He was sent to the 
West Virginia Universit3^ Morgantown, W. Va., and there assigned to the 
Students' Army Training Corps. He acted as battalion adjutant for the sec- 
tion. He was discharged December 24, 1918. 

DIETRICH, ALEXANDER BROOKE, was attached to Company A, 
314th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force. He entered camp May 28, 
1918, and was on the other side in July, 1918. He participated in the Meuse- 
Argonne operation from September 26 to November 11, 1918. He was dis- 
charged May 30, 1919. 

DOUGHERTY, CHARLES AIKENS, enlisted in the Aviation Section 
of the Signal Corps, January 25, 1918, but was not called into service until 
June 15. He spent three months at the Cornell Aviation Ground School, and 
was transferred to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., September 2, 1918, and to Elling- 
ton Field, Houston, Tex., September 20, 1918. He was commissioned with 
flying status December 2, 1918, and was discharged into the Air Service, 
Signal Reserve Corps, February 19, 1919. 

DUNMIRE, EARL FOREST, was in the Machine Gun Officers' Train- 
ing School at Camp Hancock, Ga. 

EARL, DOUGLAS, joined Company G, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
National Guard, about the time war was declared, and was sent with this unit 
to Camp Hancock, Ga., where it became a part of the 111th Infantry, 28th 
Division. While at Camp Hancock, he was appointed corporal and went 
overseas in this capacity, became a sergeant, June 1, 1918, and platoon ser- 



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C. A. DOUGUERTY 




DOUGLAS EARL 




JOHN B. EBT 




C. B. BCKENEODE 





P. M. GENTZBL 




HOWAKD H. FRASER 



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geant July 20, 1918. He was sent to an Officers' Training School, August 
1, 1918, and won his commission as second lieutenant. He was assigned to 
Company K, 320th Regiment, October 1, 1918, as company commander, and 
participated in the battles of Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne and the 
Argonne. 

EBNER, CHRISTIAN LLOYD, trained with Company 18 at the Central 
Officers' Training School, Camp Lee, Va., with the rating of first sergeant. 
He was graduated as second lieutenant. Infantry. 

EBY, JOHN BEST, trained at the Central Officers' Training School, 
Camp Gordon, Ga., and was discharged shortly after the signing of the armi- 
stice, with a recommendation for a commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps. 

ECKENRODE, CHARLES B., enlisted in the service June 3, 1918, and 
was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, September 16, 1918, at Platts- 
burg Barracks, N. Y. He was assigned to duty as company commander. 
Company 5, S. A. T. C, University of West Virginia. Later he was tem- 
porary commandant. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, at the West Virginia 
School. He received his discharge March 22, 1919. 

EDDINGER, ADOLPH GODFREY, enlisted in the Field Artillery 
Corps early in May, 1917, was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and then to Fort 
Sam Houston, Tex., to join the Third Field Artillery. He was then assigned 
to Battery C, 21st Field Artillery. The unit was sent to Camp Travis and 
then to Camp Stanley. He was made a corporal and while waiting for his 
appointment to the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Leon Springs, 
Tex., he was advanced to sergeant. After the training period at the officers' 
school he was selected to receive a commission, and with a number of others 
was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. He joined the 8th Battalion and acted_ as 
sergeant instructor until he was commissioned second lieutenant. During 
July, 1918, he was sent to the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., and from here to 
Camp Lewis, where he was assigned to the 39th Field Artillery, 13th Division. 
He was discharged March, 1919, and recommissioned in Field Artillery Of- 
ficers' Reserve Corps. 

EGE, EDWARD FAY, went to Camp Lee, Va., where he later became 
a sergeant and instructor. He was sent to the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Camp Sevier, S. C, where he spent two and a half months. He 
finished the course at Camp Gordon, Ga., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant on August 26, 1918. After receiving his commission he was assigned 
to the 3rd Replacement Regiment, where he remained until discharged 
January 1, 1919. 

ELLINGER, HOWARD BERTRAM, enlisted with a grade of sergeant 
in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, at Harrisburg, Pa., and Avas later 
placed in charge of this recruiting office until it closed on October 31, 1917. 
From here he went to the Signal Corps School of Radio Telegraphy and Sig- 
nal Corps Apparatus at the College of the City of New York for three months. 
He went to Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., for overseas' service as a radio operator 
assigned to the casual detachment, radio operators. However, he was taken 
off the overseas' list and assigned to the radio laboratories at Camp Vail. 
From there he was ordered to the Signal Officers' Training Camp at Leon 
Springs, Tex., where he graduated as second lieutenant. 



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EMINHIZER, JOHN WESLEY, attended the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., and enlisted at Bellefonte, Pa., July 21, 
1918. He was sent to Camp Lee, Va., then to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he 
was discharged in December, 1919. 

ENGLE, ROBERT H., enrolled in the Third Ordnance Course at State 
College in September, 1917. On November 19, 1917, he was inducted 
into the service and sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., to at- 
tend the Ordnance school. He was appointed sergeant and transferred to 
Camp Devens, Mass., January 12, 1918, to the 103rd Ordnance Company. 
He was appointed sergeant, first class, and later ordnance sergeant. On 
February 1, 1919, he was transferred to purchase, traffic and supply section, 
with the rank of quartermaster sergeant. He received his discharge April 
4, 1919. 

ENGEL, ROBERT L., was inducted into the military service September 
17, 1917, sent to Camp Meade, Md., and assigned to Company B, 316th In- 
fantry. On January 4, 1918, he was sent to the Third Officers' Training 
School, and transferred to Camp Lee, Va., where he was commissioned second 
lieutenant on June 1, 1918. He was attached to the replacement division, 
transferred to Camp Funston, Kan., and assigned to the 69th Infantry, 10th 
Division. He was discharged February 7, 1919. 

ERSKINE, HAROLD COXON, was in the Infantry school at Camp 
Gordon, Ga. 

ESHELMAN, WEBSTER SHAERER, was a member of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Penn State, went to the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., and was a non-commissioned instructor in the 
Students' Army Training Corps camp there and within two weeks of close 
of camp was sent to the hospital with a badly bruised knee. This prevented 
him from leaving for the Field Artillery Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Taylor, Ky., for which he had been recommended and scheduled to go the 
following week. He was discharged from the Plattsburg Hospital after two 
months' treatment, and released from the service immediately with the rank 
of corporal. 

ESTERLY, JOHN E., was inducted into the service August 26, 1918. 
He was sent to Camp Lee, Va., August 27, 1918, and assigned in the 51st 
Company, 13th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade. He was transferred 
September 4, 1918, to the 37th Company, 10th Training Battalion, and placed 
on special duty at the camp personnel office. On November 5, 1918, he was 
transferred to the camp personnel adjutant's detachment, from which he was 
discharged January 24, 1919, as a private. 

EWING, WILLIAM MURCHIE, trained as a private with the 324th 
Field Signal Battalion, Camp Meade, Md. He was later advanced to sergeant, 
first class. 

FESSLER, ALBRA HENRY, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
in April, 1917, but was not called into service until October, when he was 
sent to Cape May, N. J., where he qualified as an expert rifleman and spent 
five months as a coach on the rifle range. He was transferred in March. 1918, 
to the U. S. Submarine Chaser No. 70. His boat patrolled the coast from 
New London, Conn., to Key West, Fla. While serving on this boat he was 
promoted to gunners' mate, second class. 



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FICKES, STANLEY GIBSON, earned a commission as second lieu- 
tenant in the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. 

FOLLWEILER, FRANK LEROY, completed the First Ordnance 
Course at The Pennsylvania State College. 

FORCEY, PAUL, was a member of Company A, 304th Field Signal Bat- 
talion, 79th Division. He was overseas from July 8, 1918, to May 18, 1919, 
and served as corporal a great part of this time. He was in the Argonne from 
September 13 to October 4, 1918, and in the Meuse offensive from October 25 
to November 11, 1918. He was discharged May 30, 1919. 

FERRARI, CHARLES G., entered the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
at the time that it was organized at State College in October, 1917. He 
attended the camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., in June, 1918. In September, 1918, 
he returned to Penn State to enlist in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps. He 
acted as first sergeant in the Students' Army Training Corps until December, 
1918, when he was transferred from the Quartermaster Reserve Corps to the 
Students' Army Training Corps with the rank of private. In December, 1918, 
he was discharged from service. 

FORESMAN, C. H., enlisted in 1917 and was sent to one of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camps. 

FOSTER, RUSSELL LEFEVRE, was in attendance at the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and the Second Ordnance 
Supply Course offered at State. He later went to Camp Dodge, la., where 
he joined the 113th Ordnance Depot Brigade. He was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Ordnance, and served overseas as property officer in the supply 
division at Tours, France. 

ERASER, HOWARD HUGH, entered the service May 11, 1917, enlisting 
in the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y. He was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917, 
and assigned to Headquarters' Company, 313th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md., 
August 29, 1917. He was transferred to Troop A, 310th Cavalry, Fort Ethan 
Allen, Vt., February 19, 1918, and ordered to the School of Fire, Fort Sill, 
Okla., August 19, 1918. He was graduated from the School of Fire, October 
25, 1918, and ordered to Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, 
Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., as instructor. He served with 23rd 
and 35th Training Batteries as instructor in conduct of fire and field gunnery 
until December 15, 1918. He was then transferred to mounted detachment. 
Field Artillery Corps, Officers' Training School, and assigned to Battery A, 
2nd Field Artillery, in March, 1919, being placed on special duty with the 
mounted detachment, Field Artillery Basic School. Lieutenant Fraser was 
discharged from the service August 25, 1919. 

FRIEL, CHARLES PATRICK, received a commission as second lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in September, 1918, and went to 
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to continue his training. He completed the 
course there and graduated after the armistice was signed. His discharge 
followed immediately. 

FRIES, GEORGE STANLEY, was inducted October 14, 1918, sent to 
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Va., as a candidate for a commission in Coast Artillery Corps. He was dis- 
charged November 24, 1918. 

GALBRAITH, WILLIAM JONES, entered the service at Camp Lee, 
Va., on August 14, 1918, as a candidate in Company 18, Central Officers' 
Training School. He was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry, on No- 
vember 30, 1918, and placed in the Officers' Reserve Corps, inactive on the 

same date. 

GAMBLE, BYRON NELSON, was a part of Unit L, U. S. Medical 
Reserve Corps, Fort McPherson, Ga. 

GARIS, WALTER LEISENRING, served three months in the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., as a candidate for a com- 
mission, and on December 10, 1917, enlisted in the service, becoming a mem- 
ber of Company C, 30th Engineers. This regiment was known as 1st Gas 
Regiment from August 15, 1918. Garis served in the American Expeditionary 
Force for one year with the rank of private, first class. He participated in the 
St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives, and was gassed October 11, 1918, 
at Charpentry, France. 

GARSIDE, MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY, was in training at Camp 
Lee, Va. 

GEARHART, JAMES WARREN, finished the Ordnance Course offered 
at Penn State and received orders to report for further training at Augusta 
Arsenal, Augusta, Ga., where he spent two months in intensive training. He 
was sent to Washington for three weeks, and was then transferred to the 
General Ordnance Depot, Chicago. He received a promotion to ordnance 
sergeant. 

GENTZEL, PAUL M., entered the service at Camp Meade, Md., May 
29, 1918, and was assigned to Company H, 314th Infantry. He embarked for 
France July 8, 1918, and arrived at Brest July 14, 1918. He participated in 
the Argonne drive. On November 7, 1918, he was sent to the Officers' Train- 
ing School at Langres, France, and was later transferred to the replacement 
camp at St. Aignan, France. He returned to the United States March 21, 
1919, and was discharged April 9, 1919. Gentzel was promoted February 
1, 1919, to second lieutenant, Reserve Corps. 

GILBERT, HAROLD NAPOLEON, graduated from the Officers' Train- 
ing Corps at Fort Niagara, N. Y., as second lieutenant, Infantry, and was 
assigned to the 154th Depot Brigade, 79th Division. During October, 1917, 
he became attached to Company F, 315th Infantry, and was later promoted 
to first lieutenant. He was transferred to the 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, and 
placed in command of Company D, March, 1918. He went overseas, partici- 
pated in the Allied defensive of May 27, and was on the front until wounded 
in the second battle of the Marne, July, 1918. After his discharge from the 
hospital Lieutenant Gilbert again got into action during October in the region 
to the north of Verdun. He was advanced to a captaincy, and transferred to 
the Air Service as an aerial observer. 

GISH, EARL HERSHEY, trained with Company 6, Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant. He was assigned to Company E, 315th Regiment, Infantry, 79tli 
Division, Camp Meade, Md. In April, 1918, he was transferred to Lehigh 



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University Training Detachment, and placed in command of Company A. He 
was reassigned to Camp Meade in July, 1918, and was on duty successively 
at Camp Headquarters, lS4th Depot Brigade, and at the overseas replacement 
depot. He was discharged July 22, 1919. 

GLENN, CHARLES EPHRAIM, enlisted as a private in the Aviation 
Section, Signal Enlisted Corps, and went to Fort Slocum, N. Y., from where 
he was sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. While at Kelly Field he 
applied for a commission in the Aviation Section and took the mental and 
physical examinations for flying. He was ordered to the School of Military 
Aeronautics at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. After graduating 
from this school he continued his work at the flying school at Wichita Falls, 
Tex. 

^GODFREY, PHILLIP GRIFFIN, tried to enlist in the service on two 
occasions, but was rejected both times on account of a weak heart, and also 
when called for his examination under the draft. However, he appealed, and 
was accepted for limited service. He went to Camp Lee, Va., on April 4, 
1917, where he was placed in Headquarters' Company, 317th Infantry, 80th 
Division, as surveyor and mapmaker in the intelligence squad. He landed 
in France June 7, 1917, and by July 4, had been twice at the front. His 
industry and efficiency earned for him a promotion to sergeant in July. 

On October 5, 1917, Sergeant Godfrey and another member of the section 
were called upon to establish an observation post on the crest of a nearby 
hill and at the time a barrage was being put down on both slopes of the hill. 
Both men advanced without hesitation until they were about half way up, 
when Sergeant Godfrey fell, wounded by a small piece of shrapnel through 
his thigh. He was admitted to Base Hospital No. 68, and, although seriously 
wounded, his condition was not alarming. However, he developed pneu- 
monia, which caused his death. Shortly before he was wounded, which oc- 
curred at a little village near Montfaucon, his name headed the list of three 
sergeants, recommended to act as instructors in the United States. The 
issuance of the order, which would have resulted in a commission for him, was 
postponed until after the action in which the regiment was then engaged. 

GRABBER, CHARLES KARSNER, enlisted in the service July 5, 1917, 
and was assigned to Company F, 3rd Regiment, Minnesota National Guard. 
He was made sergeant and transferred to Battery F, 125th Field Artiller}^. 
On July 8, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant at Saumur, France. 
He was then assigned to Battery A, First Trench Mortar Battalion. After 
returning to the United States he was discharged March 10, 1919. Lieutenant 
Graeber participated in the battles of St. Mihiel, defense of Thiaucourt, and 
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. 

GRAMLEY, EUGENE T., entered the second camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., 
July 15, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantrj-, September 
16, 1918. He was sent to Wentworth Institute Training Detachment, Boston, 
Mass., September 26, 1918, and remained there until his discharge, December 
16, 1918. 

GROVER, LEON REX, trained in the Officers' Training School at Camp 
Hancock, Ga. 

HAIR, HOBART W., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at 
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Unit. He also attended the second camp at Plattsburg, which was the Stu- 
dent Army Training Camp. At the close of this camp, September 18, 1918, 
he was commissioned second lieutenant, and detailed to Camp Grant, 111. He 
was stationed at Camp Grant until he was discharged, December 3, 1918. 

HALL, WILLIAM F., was inducted into the service at Camp Meade, 
Md., September 19, 1917, and on October 20, 1917, was made corporal, Com- 
pany C, 314th Infantry. He was detached to the Reserve Officers' Training 
School, Camp Meade, May 17, 1918. On June 24, 1918, he was transferred 
to the Central Officers' Training School, Camp Gordon, Ga., and was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Infantry, August 26, 1918. On September 5, 
1918, he was sent to Camp Perry, Ohio, as an instructor in the Small Arms' 
Fire School, and on October 7, was assigned to Camp Wheeler, Ga. He was 
discharged from the service December 20, 1918. 

HARDING, PALMER EDWARD, was in France as a private with Com- 
pany B, 50th Engineers. 

HARMON, DANIEL L., on April 17, 1917, enlisted in the First Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and for eleven weeks trained 
with Troop 1, Cavalry, and Company 1, Infantry, 4th Provisional Training 
Regiment. On July 28, he was discharged, and on August 14, 1917, enlisted 
in the National Army. At Camp Meade, Md., he served with the 79th 
Division, Headquarters' Troop, as a private, until December 6, 1917; as a 
private, first class, until January 8, 1918; as a corporal until April 11, 1918; 
and as supply sergeant until discharged. He sailed from the United States 
July 8, 1918, and saw active service with the 79th Division in sector 304 
defensive, September 13-24, 1918; in the Meuse-Argonne oflfensive, September 
25-29; in Troyon sector defensive, October 8-26, and in Grande Montague 
ofifensive, October 28 to November 11, 1918. He sailed from St. Nazairc and 
landed in the United States May 29, 1919. 

HART, WALTMAN, was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y. 

HARTMAN, RALPH LEROY, started his service career in the Reserve 
Officers' Training Camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y., in May, 1917, but was 
transferred to the Aviation Corps during July. He took his ground school 
training at Cornell University, in August went to Fort Wood, Bedloes Island, 
New York City, and sailed for Europe the same month. He received his 
training at L'ecole D'aviation, Tours, under the French, and later was a tester 
and instructor at various flying fields in France. After a course in aerial 
gunnery at Cazaux, he was stationed with a French squadron in the defense of 
Paris during June and July, 1918, and from this place took part in the July 
ofifensive and defensive that terminated in the battle at Chateau Thierry. In 
August, 1918, he was transferred to the 93rd Aero Squadron, part of the 3rd 
Pursuit Group. As a pilot and flight commander in this squadron. Lieutenant 
Hartman participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and 
was officially credited with bringing down four enemy planes, lacking but one 
plane of becoming an ace. His rank was first lieutenant. Air Service, U. S. 
Army. He was overseas nineteen months. 

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HERBST, GEORGE EICHELBERGER, enlisted in the service Decem- 
ber 5, 1917, and served in the American Expeditionary Force as sergeant with 
Company D, 1st Gas Regiment. He served in France from February 27, 1918, 
to February 2, 1919, and participated in the following engagements : Fere-en- 
Tardenois, August 1, 1918; Vesle river, August 9-12, 1918; St. Mihiel offen- 
sive, September 12-16, 1918, and the Argonne-Meuse offensive, September 26 
to November 11, 1918. 

HESS, WILLIAM HAROLD, took the Ordnance Supply Course offered 
at Penn State, and went to the Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., where he became 
a corporal. He served overseas in the Ordnance branch of the service. 

HILBISH, WILLIAM DALE, enlisted in the Naval Aviation Corps, 
and after receiving his ground training, went to Miami, Fla., for instruction 
in flying. 

HOBBES, FIRMAN S., enlisted in the service as a topographical 
draughtsman on August 19, 1918. He was ordered to Madison Barracks, 
N. Y., where he entered the service August 30, 1918. On September 15, 1918, 
he was transferred to the U. S. Army School of Aerial Photography, Ro- 
chester, N. Y., where he was discharged on December 19, 1918. 

HOLMAN, JOHN RUFUS, entered a training camp at Columbia, S. C, 
and was there for ten months. During the first eight months of this time he 
was a musician, first class, in the 316th Field Artillery Band. Feeling that 
he could serve his regiment more efficiently in the ranks, he asked to be trans- 
ferred to the Headquarters' Company of the same regiment, which was 
granted. He became corporal and served in France with the same regiment. 

HOLT, RAYMOND W., entered the service May 2, 1918, and was sent 
to Camp Forrest, Ga., after spending a few days at St. Thomas, Ky. At 
Camp Forrest he was assigned to Company F, 51st Infantry, 6th Division 
(Regulars). This unit went to France in July, 1918, and spent about a month 
in the training area near Chaumont, after which it went into the lines in 
Lorraine in the Vosges. After coming out of this sector, Holt was sent to 
the Officers' Training Camp, where he remained until January 19, 1919. 

HUNTER, JOHN RUSSELL, received the commission of second lieu- 
tenant at Plattsburg, N. Y. 

HUTTELMAIER, HERMAN O., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force June 3, 1918, and was sent to the Great Lakes' Naval Training Station, 
Great Lakes, 111. From there he was sent to the receiving ship at Bay Ridge, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., then returned to Great Lakes, where he was released from 
active duty January 23, 1919. He enlisted as apprentice seaman and was 
discharged as second class seaman. 

JACKSON, ROBERT A., enlisted at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., July 
5, 1918, and was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, September l6, 
1918. He was assigned to Trinity College, Durham, N. C., September 26, 
1918, and was discharged from the service March 22, 1919. 

JOHNSTON, JOHN WILLIAM, enlisted at State College in the Ambu- 
lance Service on June 1, 1917. He was assigned to Section 530 and was with 
this unit until the middle of March, 1918, when he was transferred to Section 
527. Later in the same month he was transferred to the Army Medical 



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School at Washington, D. C. From there he went overseas, with Stationary- 
Laboratory No. 4, in August, 1918. This unit arrived in France, and was 
later returned to England, where it became known as U. S. Base Laboratory, 
Base Section No. 3, located at Winchester. In this organization he was 
promoted to corporal, which rank he held during the remainder of his service. 
In February, 1919, when the organization was broken up, Corporal Johnston 
was sent to the Central Medical Laboratories at Dijon, France. The follow- 
ing month he was sent to Tours, where he had charge of the Water Supply 
Laboratory for the city and the district of Tours. He remained at Tours 
until he was ordered home, and was discharged on July 23, 1919. 

JONES, BENJAMIN CLYDE, enlisted in the First Reserve Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 5, 1917, and on August 15, 1917, 
completed his training as a cadet at the School of Military Aeronautics, Cor- 
nell University. He trained as a flier with the Sth Detachment, Aviation Sec- 
tion, Signal Corps, was commissioned first lieutenant and stationed at Foggia, 
Italy. Lieutenant Jones was attached to the 94th Aero Squadron, and later 
accompanied the Third Army to Coblenz, Germany. He returned to the 
United States May 31, 1919. 

JUPENLAZ, WILFRED, served with Company A, 15th Engineers, in 
the American Expeditionary Force. 

KELLER, HERBERT B., was inducted into the service June 28, 1918, 
and sent to Camp Lee, Va. He was assigned to 155th Depot Brigade as 
acting sergeant, transferred to the 6th Battalion, Infantry, and then to Com- 
pany M, 18th Battalion. On August 1, 1918, he was made sergeant, and on 
October 1, 1918, first sergeant. Sergeant Keller had been recommended for 
the Officers' Training School to begin November 15, but the armistice had 
been signed in the meantime. He was discharged December 15, 1918. 

*KENNARD, IRVING, was first in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., and then went to the Balloon School at Fort Omaha, 
Neb. He was the only member of the United States Balloon Service killed 
during the war. The accident which caused his death happened in a heavy 
storm, when two balloons, one of which was occupied by him, collided. The 
impact of the collision tore away the basket of his balloon and he was hurled 
to the ground, dying instantly. 

KERN, THOMAS CASKIE, enlisted with the Penn State Unit U. S. 
Army Ambulance Service, Section 529. He trained at Allentown, Pa., was 
with the section during its stay in Old Main, and saw active service on the 
Italian front. He was awarded the Italian Cross of War. 

KNECHT, JOHN WILLIAM, enlisted in the Ordnance Reserve Corps, 
and was sent to Penn State to take the course in Ordnance. He went to the 
Rock Island Arsenal, and was then transferred to the Third Officers' Training 
Camp at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. 

KOEHLER, EDWARD CARL, received his commission as second lieu- 
tenant. Field Artillery, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in September, 1918. He con- 
tinued his training at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., was graduated, and 
discharged December 28, 1918. 

KREBS, LEE A., ser\'ed at Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., and 
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KRUSHANK, ALBERT JOSEPH, became a member of the Second 
Reserve Officers' Training School, Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 25, 1917, and 
was commissioned first lieutenant November 27 , 1917. He was sent to Camp 
Lee, Va., as a member of the Depot Brigade December 15, 1917, and was 
transferred to the 53rd Pioneer Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, S. C, January 
24, 1918. Lieutenant Krushank sailed for France August 5, 1918, and went 
to the St. Mihiel front on August 29, 1918. He participated in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive from September 23 to October 29, 1918. He spent some 
time at the University of Beaune, and returned to the United States on 
August 5, 1919, in command of a casual company. 

KUNTZ, WILLIAM ABRAHAM, received a commission as second 
lieutenant in the Reserve Officers' Training School at Plattsburg, N. Y. 

LaCHAPELLE, FRANK LANGLOIS, was with the 1st Battery, Re- 
serve Officers' Training Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant. Field Artillery. He was assigned to the 330th Field 
Artillery, 81st Division, Camp Custer, Mich., and then sent to the Field 
Artillery Reserve Division, Camp Jackson, S. C. Later he trained at the 
School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., whence he was sent to the command of Com- 
pany A, 10th Ammunition Train, Camp Funston, Kansas. Lieutenant La- 
Chapelle was recommended for the commission of first lieutenant, but the 
armistice was signed before the commission was received. He received his 
discharge January 25, 1919. 

LATTA, ROBERT B., was inducted into the service October 3, 1917, and 
was sent to Camp Devens, Mass. On February 1, 1918, he was appointed 
corporal, and on May 15, 1918, was sent to the Officers' Training School. He 
was transferred to Central Officers' Training School, June 29, 1918, at Camp 
Lee, Va., and commissioned second lieutenant, August 26, 1918. He was 
assigned to 11th Division, Camp Meade, Md., and attached to Company D, 
17th Infantry. On October 23, 1918, he was recommended for the commis- 
sion of first lieutenant and transferred to the 11th Division Headquarters. 
He received his discharge February 4, 1919. 

LANE, FRANK SMITH, was a second lieutenant in the army. 

LAWLER, JAMES JOSEPH, was in the Signal Corps and also com- 
pleted the Fourth Ordnance Course at State College. 

LEHR, JOHN HARRY, enlisted in the Navy and served in the U. S. 
Naval Reserve Force. 

LEV AN, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, was with the 79th Aero Squadron 
at Kelly Field, Dallas, Tex., and served in France. 

LEWIS, WILLIAM SAMUEL, entered the First Ordnance Course at 
State College May 31, 1917, and later became a member of the Penn State 
Unit, U. S. Army Ambulance Service, Section 530. This unit trained at 
Allentown, Pa., and was in the first contingent of American troops sent 
to Italy. The unit reached Italy June 27, 1918. Lewis was transferred 
to Section C in Italy, and served with this section during the remainder of 
the war. Lewis was attached to the Third and Sixth Italian Armies, and 
was decorated with the rest of the section with the Italian War Cross in 



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February, 1919, for work during the last offensive, October 24 to November 
4, 1918, when the Austrian armies surrendered at the battle of Vittorio Veneto. 
He was discharged April 30, 1919. 

LEVINSON, JACOB, was inducted into the service December 26, 1917, 
and was transferred to the Air Service. He was stationed at the Ground 
School, Cornell University, commissioned second lieutenant, Aviation Section, 
at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, and received his discharge February 1, 
1919. 

LIVINGSTON, ROBERT ASCOUGH, was inducted into the service 
at Fort Slocum, N. Y., July 27, 1917, and transferred to Camp American 
University, Washington, D. C, August 24, 1917. He sailed for France Sep- 
tember 10, 1917, and from October, 1917, to July, 1918, he was stationed at 
Vanvey, Cote d'Or, with the 10th Engineers, and from July, 1918, to January, 
1, 1919, at St. Julien. On January 10, 1919, the 10th Engineers sailed from 
Brest and arrived in the United States February 4, 1919. He was discharged 
from the service February 24, 1919. 

LINDQUIST, GLENN HENDERSON, completed the Third Ordnance 
Supply Course given at Penn State, and later became ordnance sergeant 
while in the American Expeditionary Force. He went to France the latter 
part of May, 1918. 

LIVINGOOD, JOHN WILLIAM, enlisted at Columbus, O., August 10, 
1917, and was sent to Camp Pike, Ark., where he served in the base hospital 
from September, 1917, until July 4, 1918. Sailing for overseas, he served as 
sergeant with the headquarters troop. Fifth Army Corps, at the hospital 
center at Savenay, France. After the armistice Livingood was sent as a mem- 
ber of the American Universities group to one of the British universities. He 
was discharged on August 1, 1919. 

LOCKE, MELVIN JAMES, JR., was commissioned at Plattsburg, N. Y., 
in September, 1918, as second lieutenant. Infantry, and went to Camp Taylor, 
Louisville, Ky., where he was discharged December 20, 1918. 

LOFTUS, WILLIAM L., completed the First Ordnance Supply Course 
at Penn State, and served in the National Army. 

LYNN, SEPHARES CHAUNCEY, was in the Infantry School at Camp 
Gordon, Ga. 

McCREARY, KENNETH KING, was in the Second Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, Infantry. He was assigned to the 34th Infantry at Fort Bliss, El Paso, 
Tex., and later permanently assigned to Company L, 34th Regiment, 7th 
Division. He left Camp Merritt, N. J., for France with this unit in the sum- 
mer of 1918. 

McDowell, L. R., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force April 
20, 1917, as electrician, first class, and on April 25 was made radio censor for 
Scranton, Pa., and vicinity. He was transferred to Cape May, N. J., as officer, 
material class, in June, 1918. He was commissioned ensign, U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force, and served aboard submarine chasers, Nos. 74 and 144, being 
later transferred to U. S. S. Kearsarge and then to U. S. S. Leonidas. 



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B. B. LATTA 




JACOB LBVINSON 




ROBERT R. LYMAN 




J. E. Mclaughlin 





GVY M. MANBECK 




JAMES E. McGOWAN 



FLOYD B. McNEBS 



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McFADDEN, CHARLES ANDERSON, was with the Aviation Section, 
Signal Corps, 26th Company, Columbus Barracks, Ohio. 

McGEE, LEO J., entered the service at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., June 
3, 1918, where he remained until September 16, 1918, when he was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant. Infantry, and detailed to Carnegie Institute of 
Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. While at Pittsburgh he was in command of a 
motor transport compan}-. He was discharged December 24, 1918. 

McGEE, WALTER ROBERT, served with Section 529, of the Penn 
State Unit, U. S. Army Ambulance Service, and was on the Italian front with 
this section. He was promoted to the rank of first sergeant, and transferred 
to Provisional Section C. McGee was awarded the Italian Cross of War. He 
participated in the final major operation on the Italian front. 

McGOWAN, JAMES R., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force April 
24, 1918, and was sent to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J., where he 
was stationed until September 25, 1918, at which time he was returned to 
The Pennsylvania State College and placed in the Students' Army Training 
Corps. He was discharged from the service December 25, 1918. 

McKAY, PAUL VINCENT, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp at Madison Barracks and Fort Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Infantry. He was then attached to Company H, 305th 
Regiment. 77th Division. While overseas he served with this unit from April, 
1918, to April, 1919, and Avas promoted to captain on November 14, 1918. 
Captain McKay served in the Baccarat sector, Aisne offensive, and the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive. He was successively platoon commander, platoon adju- 
tant, and company commander. 

McLaughlin, JOSEPH E., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
March 15, 1918, and was sent to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J., for 
training. After the completion of his training he was sent to the U. S. Naval 
Steam Engineering School. After taking the preliminary training at this 
school he was sent to the Stevens Institute of Technology to complete the 
course. After graduating from this school he was given the rank of warrant 
machinist, and assigned to duty on the U. S. S. West Corum, Norfolk, Va., 
and later transferred to the U. S. S. West Lianga. He served in foreign 
waters for four months. After returning to the United States he was com- 
missioned ensign, for engineering duties. Ensign McLaughlin was discharged 
June 16, 1919. 

McNEES, FLOYD R., enlisted in the service July 4, 1918, and was sent 
to the Plattsburg Barracks Training Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., where he was 
commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, September 16, 1918. He was 
ordered to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., September 26, 1918, and discharged 
December 31, 1918. 

McNEER, WILBERT HAROLD, entered the First Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., on May 11, 1917, and completed his training 
at Camp McLain, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Field Artillery Corps, November 27, 1917, and sent to Camp Gor- 
don, Ga. Here he was assigned to the 157th Depot Brigade. He was then 
transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, where he was assigned to the 3rd Regi- 
ment, Field Artillery Replacement Depot. Lieutenant McNeer was trans- 
ferred to the School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., August 4, 1918, and after com- 



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pleting the course at this school was retained at Fort Sill as instructor in 
the School of Fire. He remained at this station until he was discharged on 
March 21, 1919. 

McWHINNEY, LAWRENCE M., was attached to the 3rd Provisional 
Regiment at Camp Hancock, Georgia. 

MACHMER, LEROY M., served with the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
as seaman, second class. 

MACHMER, R. R., was inducted into the service May 14, 1918, and was 
sent to Columbus Barracks where he was assigned later to Company E, 55th 
Infantry, 7th Division. On July 6 he was transferred to the Medical Corps 
of the 55th Infantry, and on August 3rd left Camp Merritt with his unit for 
overseas. With his unit he went forward on August 28 and in action on 
October 13, on the Pagny-Rembercourt Sector of the Metz front he was 
gassed. Private Machmer left on January 10, 1919, as casual for the United 
States and received his discharge at Camp Meade on February 11, 1919. 

MANBECK, GUY M., enlisted at Camp Lee, Va., on August 26, 1918. 
He completed the six-weeks' schooling in the non-commissioned officers' 
school and was then transferred to the 17th Division, where he completed 
a course in the bayonet school and was then a bayonet instructor in this 
division. He was made a corporal on November 8, 1918. After the armistice 
was signed he was sent to the personnel office, to work on the discharges of 
returning overseas men. He was discharged February 5, 1919. 

MARKLE, HARRY CARL, was at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, 
N. J., with the U. S. Naval Reserve Force from July 18, 1918, until Penn- 
sylvania State College opened, in September, 1918, when he was sent to the 
Student Army Training Corps. 

MARSHALL, CLARENCE MILTON, was in the Air Service, Regular 
Army, from January 29, 1918, to March 15, 1920. He was discharged as a 
sergeant, first class. Dirigible Balloon Division, Air Service. 

MITTERLING, WILLIAM HENRY, enlisted in the Bellefonte Hospital 
Corps, 1st Cavalry, Pennsylvania National Guard, and was with the Sanitary 
Corps, 103rd Engineers, at Camp Hancock, Ga. He went overseas from 
Camp Mills, N. Y., and served with the 28th Division. While in action on 
September 6, 1918, he was gassed and received severe body burns, which 
necessitated his being confined to the hospital for six weeks. On February 28, 
1919, he was sent to the University of Montpellier, France, where he studied 
French and commercial law for four months. 

MOESLEIN, EDWARD D. W., entered the Field Artillery Officers' 
Training Camp, Camp Custer, Mich., May 24, 1918, and was later transferred 
to the Central Field Artillery Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, 
Louisville, Ky., where he was commissioned second lieutenant August 31, 
1918. After being trained at Camp Jackson, S. C, and at Fort Sill, Okla., he 
was transferred to Camp Kearney, Cal., and assigned to the 48th Field 
Artillery, 16th Division. Lieutenant Moeslein was discharged at Camp Grant, 
111., February 15, 1919. 

MORRIS, E. J., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp from May 
to August, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry. He 



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LLOYD M. MORRIS 




ALLEN C. OBERLE 




G. R. PHILLIPS 





EAKOLD L. REESE 




E. H. EOCKTVELL 



GEORGE E. BEISINGER 



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then left Madison Barracks, N. Y., and went to Syracuse, N. Y., where he 
remained for one month. From September, 1917, until September, 1918, he 
was stationed at Newport News, and Norfolk, Va. The remaining months of 
the year he spent at Camp Sevier, S. C, and he was discharged at Camp Jack- 
son, S. C, February 8, 1919. 

MORRIS, LLOYD M., entered the First Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Niagara, N. Y., as a private in Company 2, was promoted to sergeant, 
and then to second lieutenant. From September 16, 1918, to January 6, 1919, 
he was detailed at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in command of Company C, 
Students' Army Training Corps. 

MORTON, McKINLEY C, after attending the Reserve Of^cers' Train- 
ing Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., enlisted on October 30, 1918, and was sent 
to the Machine Gun Officers' Training School, at Camp Hancock, Ga. After 
the armistice, he was discharged from this camp, on December 5, 1918. 

MEULLER, HAROLD PAUL, trained at Camp Hancock, Md., in the 
Ordnance training school. 

MUSSER, PAUL GRAY, served with Section 529, the Penn State Unit, 
U. S. Army Ambulance Service. He was rated as mechanic, and was with 
Section 529 on the Italian front, being awarded, with them, the Italian Cross 
of War. 

NELSON, JULIUS J., enlisted in the Naval Reserves. 

NEUF, CONRAD HENRY, was inducted into the service at Camp 
Meade, Md., September 6, 1918, assigned to 19th Company, 154th Depot 
Brigade. He transferred to Company C, 11th Motor Supply Train and trans- 
ported trucks from Allentown, Pa., to Newark, N. J., from Rochester, N. Y., 
to the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y., from Newark, N. J., to Baltimore, 
Md. He was promoted to corporal December 4, 1918, and discharged at 
Camp Meade, February 4, 1919. 

OBERLE, ALLEN CURRY, entered the service September 3, 1918, at- 
tached to the Medical Corps, joined Company 16 of Replacement Battalion 
No. 4, and then transferred to Field Hospital No. 6. Then he went to the 
drivers and mechanics school, where he qualified as ambulance driver. In 
January, 1919, he transferred to the Motor Transportation Corps, as mechanic. 
In February he was promoted to sergeant and served at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 
until June 3, 1919, when he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., and discharged. 

O'DONNELL, JAMES ALFRED, enlisted in the Ambulance Corps with 
the Penn State Unit, Section 529, and went to Allentown. During March, 
1918, he went to the Officers' Training School at Camp Meade, being attached 
to the 3rd Company. He was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, and 
sent to the Replacement Depot, Camp Lee, Va. He was later advanced to 
first lieutenant of the 6th Infantry Replacement and Training Battalion. 

OLIVER, STANLEY C, entered the service at Huntingdon, Pa., July 2Z, 
1918, as a member of Company F, of the 2nd Replacement Battalion at Camp 
Lee, Va. In August he was promoted to corporal and transferred to the 21st 
Company, Central Officers' Training School. Here he was discharged Novem- 
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PARTRIDGE, EDWIN LORENZO, enlisted at Fort Monroe, Va., 
August 1, 1917, was assigned to the Coast Artillery School, and after gradu- 
tion, received a warrant as master gunner, assigned to the office of Chief 
of Coast Artillery, at Washington, D. C. In July of 1918 he was sent to the 
Coast Artillery Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., was commissioned 
second lieutenant in September, and assigned as instructor in the school. 
Lieutenant Partridge served in this capacity until discharged, April 30, 1919, 
and now holds a commission as lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Reserve 
Corps. 

PAXON, ROLAND BRUBAKER, went to Plattsburg, in 1918, where 
he took the Reserve Officers' Training course and was commissioned second 
lieutenant, Artillery. He went to Camp Taylor from Plattsburg and was 
discharged there. 

*PHILLIPS, GEORGE R., enlisted in the Aviation Service at the close 
of college in 1917, was sent to Ground School, Cornell University, Ithaca, 
N. Y., and from there as a student pilot to Avord, France. In March, 1918, 
he received a French military brevet and went to the advanced training field, 
for pursuit, at Issoudoun. August 16, 1918, he joined the 50th Aero Squadron, 
1st Corps, Observation Group, on active service at the front. For action 
October 23, 1918, Lieutenant Phillips was awarded the Distinguished Service 
Cross. The citation reads as follows : 

"Lieutenant Phillips, pilot, accompanied by Lieutenant Brown, observer, 
while on a reconnaissance for the 78th Division, attacked an enemy balloon 
and forced it to descend and was in turn attacked by three enemy planes 
(Fokker type). The incendiary bullets from the enemy's machines set the 
signal rockets in the observer's cockpit afire. Disregarding the possibility 
of going down in flames. Lieutenant Phillips maneuvered his plane so that 
his observer was able to fire on and destroy one enemy plane and drive the 
others away. He then handed his fire extinguisher to Lieutenant Brown, who 
extinguished the flames. They completed their mission and secured other 
valuable information." 

After Lieutenant Phillips returned from France in February, 1919, he 
re-enlisted and was sent to Kelly Field, Tex., assigned to the 95th Aero 
Squadron. Here on January 19, 1920, in a most untimely accident. Lieutenant 
Phillips died in the performance of duty. 

PIERCE, CHESTER JAY, enlisted in the Ambulance Corps, with the 
Penn State Unit, 529, and served overseas with the Italian Army. With 
the other members of the corps he was decorated with the Italian Cross of 
War. 

POTTEIGER, WILLIAM I., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force 
as seaman, second class, March 16, 1918, and was stationed at Wissahickon 
Barracks, Cape May, N. J. ; from here he was sent to Pier No. 19, Distributing 
Barracks, at Philadelphia. 

PROCTOR, G. v., enlisted at Newport, R. I., April 19, 1917, as ma- 
chinist's mate, second class, and served on patrol boats until June, when he 
was transferred to the U. S. S. Pocomoke, operating off Block Island. In 
October, 1917, he returned to college and in June, 1918, he went again to 
Newport and then to the Naval Steam School at Stevens Institute. Here he 
received his commission September 22, and sailed for Italy as junior engineer 
officer. After his overseas service he returned to the United States, January, 
1919, was commissioned engineer ensign, and returned to college in March. 



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PUGH, ARTHUR MELVILLE, was in the Second Officers' Training 
Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Infantry. He received his commission at the Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., and 
went to Camp Grant, where he joined the 133rd West, Infantry Replacement 
and Training Troops. 

REED, JAMES A., entered the service September 4, 1918, at Camp 
Greenleaf, Ga., where he was assigned to the 3rd Company Replacement 
Battalion ; from here he was sent to non-commissioned officer school for work 
in first aid and sanitary drill. He then was attached to a motor corps bat- 
talion, assigned to Replacement Unit No. 70, and sent to Hoboken, N. J., 
for gas instruction, close-order drill and field first aid. In December he was 
transferred to General Hospital No. 3, Rahway, N. J., where he was stationed 
until September 19, 1919, and then discharged. 

REESE, HAROLD LEAM, attended the Second Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was commissioned first lieutenant, 
assigned to Company E, 30th Infantry, and sailed for France in April, 1918. 
Later he was advanced to assistant regimental adjutant and for "extraordinary 
heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918," was awarded the Dis- 
tinguished Service Cross. "During the unprecedented artillery bombardment 
preparatory to the German olTensive, July 15, Lieutenant Reese maintained 
liaison between different signal units by visiting the positions during the 
bombardment." He was wounded at Saulgonne, July 25, 1918. Later Lieu- 
tenant Reese served as instructor at Langres, France. From there going 
as an American soldier student to Cambridge University, England. After the 
university training he received his commission as captain. Infantry, November 
12, 1918. 

REISINGER, GEORGE E., was inducted into service at York, Pa., 
April 30, 1918, and sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was attached to the 10th 
Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, and assigned to Headquarters' De- 
tachment, 30Sth Ammunition Train. He sailed for Bordeaux, June 8, 1918, 
and saw action in the St. Mihiel sector. He was later engaged in the Meuse- 
Argonne defensive and offensive, and after the armistice was sent to Camp 
Le Blanc Fontaine on the Meuse. He attended the American Expeditionary 
Force University at Beaune from March to April, and returned to the United 
States in June, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., July 10, of that 
year. 

RICHLEY, PAUL C, enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Course at Penn 
State. 

RIDGWAY, RICHARD B., served at the Officers' Training Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., and joined the Coast Artillery Corps, in August, 1918. He 
was sent to Fort Howard, Md., then transferred to Coast Artillery Officers' 
Training Camp, Fort Monroe, Va., where he received his commission as 
second lieutenant, and in December, of that year, was placed on the inactive 
list. 

RILEY, ALVIN S., enlisted in the Ordnance Reserve Corps of the 
Regular Army, July, 1917, and reported at the Rock Island Arsenal, 111., in 
September. He served with the 116th Ordnance Depot Company, Camp Lewis, 
Wash., until September, 1918, when he was transferred to the Field Artillery, 
Central Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, Ky. He was discharged 
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RILEY, JOHN N., enlisted June 1, 1918, at the first Plattsburg, Student 
Army Training Camp, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Infantry, 
September 16, 1918. He was sent to Camp Grant, III., and later joined the 
2nd Development Battalion and was discharged February 15, 1919. 

RILEY, WALTER BYRON, was inducted into service and sent to Coast 
Artillery Corps School, Fort Monroe, Va. 

ROBB, HARRY DUPLIEUX, was commissioned first lieutenant at the 
Plattsburg Camp and assigned to the University of Columbia, as Athletic 
Officer, in the Students' Army Training Corps there. While at Columbia he 
played quarterback, and was elected captain of the football team. He was 
discharged in December, 1918. 

ROBERTS, JOHN WILLARD, was second lieutenant in the Aviation 
Service and trained at Kelly Field, No. 2, San Antonio, Tex. 

ROBINSON, FREDERIC WILLIAM, trained at Camp Meade, Md., and 
later sailed for France. He saw service in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the 
Troyon sector and in the Grande Montague sector. He attended the Sorbonne 
University at Paris and returned to the United States in July, 1919, where 
he was discharged at Camp Mills, L. I. He spent some time at Hospital No. 
5, suffering from gas. 

ROCKWELL, EDWIN HOLLANDS, enlisted in the Navy in the spring 
of 1918, and was sent to Radio School, Pelham Bay Naval Station, N. Y. 

*ROSS, CLEO JEPSON, entered the Second Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 26, 1917, was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant in the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, November, and sailed for France 
the next month. At Bordeaux he took observation training at the Balloon 
Observation School, being assigned to 8th Balloon Company. He saw active 
service at the front, being twice attacked by enemy planes, but succeeded 
in making his escape both times in a parachute. However, on September 
26, 1918, he was killed in action, and for extraordinary heroism was awarded 
the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation reads as follows : 

"First Lieutenant Cleo J. Ross, deceased, air service, for extraordinary 
heroism in action near Brabant, France, September 26, 1918. Lieutenant 
Ross was engaged in an important observation, regulating artillery fire, when 
his balloon was attacked by enemy planes. One of the planes dived from a 
cloud and fired on the balloon, setting fire to it, and although he could have 
jumped from the basket at once, he refused to leave until his companion, a 
student observer, had jumped. Lieutenant Ross then leaped, but it was too 
late, for the burning balloon dropped on his parachute. He was dashed to the 
ground from a height of 300 meters and killed instantly." 

RUNNETTE, ALEXANDER CREIGHTON, was commissioned at 
Niagara as second lieutenant, Field Artillery. He was one of the two thousand 
reserve officers sent to England and France to take the post graduate course. 
He was sent to the French Field Artillery School. 

RUNYAN, RALPH, enlisted in the Ordnance Course and was stationed 
as chief stores inspector, Plainfield, N. J. He was appointed ordnance ser- 
geant and transferred to the Central Officers' Training School, Field Artillery, 
Camp Taylor, Ky. Here he was commissioned second lieutenant and upon 
discharge accepted a commission in the Field Artillery Officers' Reserve 
Corps. 



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RUOS, HENRY DANZ, 2nd, enlisted in the Regular Army, February 
27, 1918, Washington Barracks, D. C, joining the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 
1st Regiment of the 1st Engineers. He was transferred in April to Fort 
Foote, Md., and with his battalion here built a camp. Ruos sailed for overseas 
May 8, 1918, went to Limoges and soon was promoted to first sergeant. In 
October, 1918, he was sent to the Saumur Artillery School, then to the St. 
Aignan Casual Camp. In March, he returned to the United States, where 
he was discharged at Camp Meade, Md. 

RUPP, GEORGE FRANCIS, was a lieutenant in the Air Service. 

SALLADE, JAMES ALVIN, served with the 324th Battalion Signal 
Corps, Camp Meade, Md. 

SCHAEFFER, JOHN ADAM, enlisted April 25, 1917, at Fort Niagara, 
N. Y., was transferred to Camp Oglethorpe, Ga., and commissioned first lieu- 
tenant. He joined Company M, 11th Infantry, 5th Division, and with them 
went overseas and into the lines in the Vosges mountains, in June. He 
served in various sectors until September 12, when he was in the battle of 
the St. Mihiel, in which engagement he was wounded. He made his way 
alone to a field hospital, being attacked during retreat by an enemy airplane. 
After being sent to an evacuation hospital, he was returned to this country in 
November, 1918, and was sent to the general hospital at Rahway, N. J. 

SCHWAB, CHARLES M., 2nd, enlisted May 15, 1917, in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force as second class seaman, and was ordered to the U. S. S. 
Madawaska. He was commissioned ensign and July 4, 1918, he was sent to 
torpedo station, Newport, R. I., to prepare as gunnery officer for duty aboard a 
destroyer. In September he reported aboard the U. S. S. Stockton, Queens- 
town, Ireland, for duty. From this ship he was transferred to the Stevens 
and received his commission as lieutenant, junior grade. He was ordered to 
the United States with the destroyer Stevens and in January, 1919, was 
released from active duty. 

SCHWAB, WALTER FRECH, was commissioned second lieutenant at 
Camp Gordon, Ga. 

SCHWEYER, BENJAMIN F., enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., July 5, 1918, 
and in September was commissioned second lieutenant of Infantry. He was 
assigned to duty at St. Johns College, Annapolis, Md., in October and dis- 
charged at Camp Meade, Md., September 11, 1919. 

SEATON, JEROME POTTER, was commissioned second lieutenant 
at Plattsburg in September, 1918, after spending the summer at that camp. 
He continued his course at Camp Taylor, Ky., was graduated and discharged 
from there on December 28, 1918. 

*SHENTON, DONALD THOMAS, enlisted in j\Iay, 1917, in Company 
E, 103rd Engineers, 28th Division, and was in training at Camp Hancock, 
sailing in May, 1918, for France. He participated in all the important battles 
in which the Keystone Division was engaged from July until the signing of 
the armistice in November, coming out without a scratch. After the armistice, 
the Germans gave the location of all mines they had left and it was up to the 
Engineers to remove them from the roads and fields. Mr. Shenton volun- 
teered for this dangerous work and he and his squad had removed over eight 
hundred when, on November 20, one of the mines went of? prematurely and 



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five men were killed. Mr. Shenton was one of them. He was buried with 
all military honors on November 21, in a church yard at Vignuelles, France. 

SHERIDAN, J. Z., served at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, was inducted into service in July, 1918, and sent to Camp 
Lee, Va., where he was acting sergeant with the 54th Company, 155th Depot 
Brigade. He was transferred to Company D, 1st Infantry Recruit Battalion, 
and was then sent to the bayonet school. Later, Sheridan was sent to the 
Machine Gun Officers' Training School, at Camp Hancock, Ga., and here 
discharged, December 15, 1918. 

SHIELDS, MARION LAWRENCE, enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance 
Supply Course at State College, was sent overseas as a corporal and assigned 
to the Service of Supply. He was promoted to sergeant and detailed to carry 
messages from one part of the lines to another, by motorcycle. In the inter- 
allied games which were held after the signing of the armistice in Pershing 
Stadium, France, he ran on the U. S. team. 

SHOOK, PAUL BUCHER, trained at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

SIEBER, EARL HAYES, was inducted into service at Mifflintown, Pa., 
October 30, 1918, and sent to the Field Artillery Officers' Training School at 
Camp Taylor, Ky. Here he was discharged December 1, 1918. 

SIMPSON, ALTON C, enlisted April 7, 1917, was stationed at Madison 
Barracks, with the 13th Provisional Training Regiment, and later was honor- 
ably discharged. 

SKENE, ANDREW ALLISON, received his military training at Camp 
Greenleaf, Ga. 

SMELTZER, WALTER NELSON, was in the Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp at Niagara and was commissioned second lieutenant. 

SMITH, FRED P., after rejection because of defective eyesight, received 
a civilian passport for travel in France. Immediately upon his arrival in Paris 
he enlisted in the American Flying Service of the French Army. At Meaux 
he drilled in the French automobile school, then went to Beauvais, and joined 
the 66th Division at Noyon. He served at various times with the 66th, 68th, 
46th, 129th and 121st French Divisions on the Chemin des Dames and the 
Croyonne front until September 10, 1917, when he enlisted in the American 
Army. During his service with the French he received the Croix de Guerre, 
for bravery at Apides, near Chateau Thierry, General Menville, of the 68th 
French Division, performing the ceremony. Again in October he was cited 
for bravery by the general commanding. After the signing of the Armistice 
until March 17, 1919, he served with the French Army of Occupation near 
Sarrbrucken. He returned to the United States, where he was discharged at 
Camp Dix, N. J., in April, 1919. 

SMITH, ROSCOE SAMUEL, was in the Field Artillery Officers' Train- 
ing School at Camp Taylor, and received his commission as second lieutenant 
after his course of study. He was assigned to Battery F, 4th Regiment, Camp 
Jackson, S. C. 

SMITH, WINFIELD F., enlisted June 6, 1918, at Plattsburg, N. Y., 
where he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, with the U. S. 
Army. He was sent for further training to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was 
discharged December 29, 1918. 



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SMYTHE, STUART HUGHES, was commissioned second lieutenant at 
Niagara, and joined the 50th U. S. Infantry at Syracuse, N. Y. He was con- 
nected with this unit for some time, going with it from Syracuse to Camp 
Green, Charlotte, N. C, and then to Camp Sevier, S. C. 

SPEERS, RAY FINLEY, enlisted December 8, 1917, in Pittsburgh and 
went to Columbus Barracks for two weeks after which he went to Camp 
Grant, Rockford, Illinois, joining the 16th Company, 4th Training Battalion, 
161st Depot Brigade. On March 10, 1918, he was sent to the Aviation 
Mechanics Training School at St. Paul and upon completing the course April 
18 he was sent to Call Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. Upon application he was 
admitted to the Field Artillery Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, 
Ky., on September 4, and completed the course on December 18, 1918, when 
he was honorably discharged and received a commission as second lieutenant 
in the Field Artillery Reserve Corps. 

STADDEN, DAVID IRELAND, attended the Officers' Training School 
at Niagara, and at Camp Custer, and at the latter camp was connected with 
the 2nd Infantry Company. Before completing his course at Camp Custer 
he was transferred to the school at Camp Lee, Va. He became attached as 
second lieutenant to the 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, 152nd Depot Brigade, 
Camp Upton, L. I. 

STAUFFER, SAMUEL BOSSLER, completed the Second Ordnance 
Supply Course at Penn State. 

STEELE, JACOB HARVEY, attended the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps at Niagara, N. Y. 

STEELE, JOHN LYLE, JR., attended the First Officers' Training Camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., transferred into the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, 
and was then sent to the ground school at Princeton University, N. J. From 
here he went to the ground school at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 
whence he was ordered to Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, for flying instruc- 
tion. Here he was commissioned second lieutenant, February 26, 1918, was 
ordered as flying instructor, first to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, and then to 
Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. Lieutenant Steele was sent, in his capacity of 
instructor, to Dorr Field, Fla., and to Gerstner Field, La., at which station he 
was discharged, January 7, 1919. 

STENGLE, JAMES CLAYTON, was with the Sanitary Train, 28th 
Division, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

STEVENSON, PETER JAMES, attended the Officers' Training School 
for Coast Artillery Corps service. Fort Monroe, Va., where he received his 
commission as second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps. 

STOELTZING, WILLIAM ARTHUR, enlisted with the Penn State 
Unit of the Ambulance Corps at the end of his sophomore year and trained at 
Allentown with Section 529. He was with the section in service on the Italian 
front. While in Italy he was promoted to the rank of mechanic and with the 
rest of the unit received the Italian Cross of War. 

STONE, HOWARD MATHERS, enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force. 

SWEELEY, JOSEPH B., enlisted at Rochester, N. Y., September 5, 
1917, was assigned to 309th Heavy Field Artillery, 78th Division, Camp Dix, 



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N. J., and then was sent to Boston whence he sailed for France, June 12, 1918. 
He participated in the St. Mihiel drive, beginning September 12, and imme- 
diately after that went into action in the Argonne. In October Sweeley was 
recommended for commission and assigned to Saumur Artillery Officers' 
School for training. He was commissioned second lieutenant and returned to 
his former organization for duty. After the armistice his brigade, the 153rd, 
was stationed for six months near Dijon, until in May, 1919, it returned to 
the United States, where he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

SWEELEY, EDWARD BURCH, enlisted November 15, 1917, at Fort 
Slocum, N. Y., was assigned to the mechanical repair shop unit. Quarter- 
master Corps, and was sent to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C, where he 
joined the main detachment of the 302nd unit, and sailed for France December 
27, 1917. At Nevers he worked on labor detail until April, when he was 
detailed with the first two hundred men to Vermeuil to begin construction 
of the main mechanical repair shops. He worked on concrete construction 
until relieved by German prisoners, who finished the construction work in 
July, 1918. Sweeley was then assigned to guard duty until November, when 
he became an instructor in shop mathematics and successfully organized 
schools at Marcy and at Crecy-la-Tours. He served as assistant to Chaplain 
Beggs, the school officer at Nevers, until he returned home, where he was 
discharged at Camp Upton, L. I., June 17, 1919. 

TAIT, KARL WENDELL, served with the Provisional Recruit Com- 
pany, Kelly Field No. 1, San Antonio, Tex. 

TAVENNER, OTHO HAYES, was inducted into service February 23, 
1918, served as corporal with Company F, 304th Divisional Supply Train of 
the Quartermaster Corps, 79th Division, overseas. He returned to the United 
States in April, 1919, and was discharged. 

TAYLOR, RAYMOND STEVENS, was inducted into service, June 27, 

1918, at Bellefonte, Pa., went to Camp Lee, Va., in August, was sent to Camp 
Lee Rifle School and then transferred to the 53rd Provisional Company, which 
was assigned to duty overseas. After several transfers in France he finally 
joined the 347th Machine Gun Battalion, Company D. In October, 1918, while 
serving on the Lys-Waeringhem front in Belgium, he was severely wounded 
and was evacuated to Australian Hospital No. 2 at Boulogne. In December 
he was transferred to the American hospital near London and in January, 

1919, returned to the United States, where he was sent to General Hospital 
No. 31, at Carlisle, Pa., and discharged March 28, 1919. 

TERRELL, EDSON WILLIS, enlisted at Union City, Pa., September, 
1917, went to Camp Lee, Va., and there served as acting sergeant. Company 
T), 313th Machine Gun Battalion, until he was discharged October 1, 1917. 
He re-enlisted and went to Camp Dix, to Company 32, 8th Battalion, 153rd 
Depot Brigade, and at his own request was transferred to the Medical Corps 
in November. He served as laboratory technician in the camp infirmary and 
as clerk on the examining board until he was discharged May 22, 1919. 

TEW, EDWIN CRANE, enlisted in the United States Navy. 

THAYER, JOHN MULLON, was a second lieutenant in the Second 
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THOMPSON, SAMUEL MORRIS, attended the ground school at Cor- 
nell University, N. Y., whence he was sent to the concentration camp for 
Aviation cadets at Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, and from here to Scott Field, 
111., for training in flying. After the armistice he was discharged. 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM C, trained at Plattsburg, N. Y., and was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, Infantry, September 16, 1918. 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM PAUL, enlisted with the Infantry and was 
assigned to Company A, 313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division, Camp 
Lee, Va. 

TUCKER, CLARENCE HENRY, trained with Battery A, 311th Field 
Artillery, Camp Meade, Md. 

TUCKER, HOWARD ARTHUR, entered the service in the University 
of Maryland Hospital Unit, in June, 1917. He went overseas with Head- 
quarters' Company, 312th Infantry, serving as sergeant. He was transferred 
on special service to the 4th British Army Corps as active observer, stationed 
with the British Army in Hasebroucke, and in the Arras sectors. He was 
detailed on liaison work with the lS6th Brigade at St. Mihiel, Vimy, and in 
the Argonne. Tucker then attended the Second Army Corps School at 
Chattillon-sur-Seine, as a student, and later the American Expeditionary Uni- 
versity at Beaume. He left the university as a casual in May and was dis- 
charged August 1, 1919. 

TURNER, JOHN ARMSTRONG, was a second lieutenant in the Ma- 
rines stationed at Norfolk, Va. 

VANDERGRIFT, WILLIAM, was inducted into service April 29, 1918, 
with the 39th Company, 10th Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Lee, Va. He was promoted from corporal to sergeant, to first sergeant and 
in October, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant. He was then assigned 
to the 1st Gas Regiment, Camp Sherman, O., from which place he was dis- 
charged December 16, 1918, and later was commissioned second lieutenant in 
the Reserve Corps. 

VOLLMER, WILLIAM STEINER, trained at Niagara and was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. He was assigned to Camp Meade, where he 
became instructor in fortifications and trench digging. In July, 1918, he went 
to France with his unit. Company F, 313th Infantry, 79th Division. After 
being there a short time he was sent with a number of commissioned officers 
to the French School of Defense. After five weeks here, he returned to his 
company, which was by this time on the firing line. On the morning of 
September 26, near Montfaucon, in the Argonne, he went over the top lead- 
ing his men, when he was severely wounded by three bullets from a machine 
gun. He rolled over in a shell hole which probably saved his life, and later 
spent many weeks in a hospital in the southern part of France. In February, 
1919, he was invalided to the United States where, after spending some more 
time in hospitals, he was discharged. 

WAGNER, J. S., attended the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Niag- 
ara, N. Y. He became second lieutenant in the Quartermasters' Corps. He 
went to France as a first lieutenant. Ordnance, and was stationed at Base 
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WALLACE, LEWIS LLEWELLYN, JR., enlisted at Harrisburg in the 
Signal Corps and was sent to join the 304th Field Signal Battalion. He went 
overseas with this unit and advanced through the ranks, becoming first ser- 
geant. He was later sent to an Officers' Training School and was commis- 
sioned lieutenant in the Signal Corps. 

WALTZ, LAWRENCE E., enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Course at 
Penn State and went from there to the Ordnance Training School at Rock 
Island Arsenal, 111. He became attached to the 32nd Provisional Ordnance 
Depot Company, and was overseas with this unit. 

WEBSTER, BYRON P., attended the First Reserve Officers' Training 
Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., June, 1918, and enlisted in the Regular Army, In- 
fantry, July 4, 1918, and was discharged in August. He re-enlisted imme- 
diately in the Coast Artillery Corps, and joined Company B, Fort Monroe, 
Va. He attended the Coast Artillery Corps School there, and received his 
commission as second lieutenant. 

WEINSTEIN, S., enlisted in and completed in 1917 the first Ordnance 
Course given at the College and served in this branch of the service in the 
national army. 

WELLS, F. D., entered the First Officers' Training Camp in 1917, and 
on the 15th of June, enlisted in the U. S. Ambulance service at Allentown, Pa., 
where he was attached to Section 580. He sailed in January, 1918, and was 
first attached with his section to the 71st French Division and later to the 
13th French Division. He saw action in the second battle of the Marne, the 
defense of the Aisne, in the Meuse-Argonne, at Oise, on the Aisne._ He was 
cited for bravery and awarded the French Croix de Guerre with the silver star. 
May, 1919, he returned to the United States, where he was discharged. 

*WHITESELL, DARIUS B., enlisted at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 15, 
1917, with the U. S. Engineers, was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from 
there to Camp American University, Washington, D. C. From here he was 
transferred to Belvoir, Va., then back to Washington, where he died at the 
age of twenty-two, from influenza. 

WHITING, RUSSELL FREEMAN, was a member of Section 529, the 
Penn State Unit, of the Ambulance Corps. He served in Italy with the sec- 
tion, and was transferred to Motor Repair Shop, U. S. A. A. S. 

WIESTER, FRANK MARION, JR., joined the Ambulance Corps, Sec- 
tion 529, the Penn State Unit. With them he served on the front in Italy, 
and was awarded the Italian Cross of War. 

WILLIAMS, LYLE PATRICK, enlisted July 10, 1917, in the Hospital 
Corps, 112th Infantry, at Camp Hancock, Ga. He attended the Third Officers' 
Training Camp in this place, was commissioned second lieutenant of Field 
Artillery, June 1, 1918, and sailed for France two days later. He attended 
the Artillery School at Saumur and the Railway Artillery School at Angers. 
He was instructor in topography at Mially in the Marne and after being 
assigned to the 43rd Railway Artillery, Battery D, he participated in the 
Meuse-Argonne engagement in October. He was discharged January 14, 
1919. 

WILLIAMS. WALTER SMITH, enlisted in the Ambulance Corps with 
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and attached to the 131st French Army Division. For bravery in the battle 
of the Somme, he, with the other members of his section, was cited and 
awarded the Croix de Guerre with gold star. Later he served in the Aisne 
sector with the Foreign Legion and with that organization in the Marne 
and in the Chemin des Dames engagement. After the armistice he went into 
Germany where he was located at Ludwigshafen and at Manheim for five 
months. 

WILSON, BURNETT H., was inducted into the service at Pittsburgh, 
Pa., August, 1918, and attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at that 
place. He was then sent to Field Artillery Central Officers' Training Camp, 
Camp Taylor, Ky., and was discharged here December 1, 1918. 

WILSON, DONAT McMASTER, was commissioned second lieutenant 
at Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1918, and sent to Camp Grant, 111., where he served 
as Company Commander with the Fifth Regiment, Replacement Troops. 
In October, 1918, he sailed for overseas service, and, returning in December 
of the same year, was discharged at Camp Grant, 111. 

WILSON, W. E., was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Niagara, 
N. Y. 

WOELFEL, ALFRED FREDERICK, went to Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
where he was placed in Company 17, Battalion 3, Section B., and was then 
transferred to the 6th Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion, at this same 
camp. 

WRIGHT, FREDERICK WILLIAM, enlisted July 3, 1917, at Toledo, 
Ohio, being mustered into service July 14 at Columbus, O. From here he 
was sent to Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., and assigned to Company B, 
112th Supply Train. He remained at Camp Sheridan until June 1, 1918, 
when he was transferred with his unit to New York, from which port he 
sailed on June 26 for Liverpool, landing on July 10. Two days later he 
landed at Le Havre, France, and went into training. The 112th Supply Train 
was part of the 37th Division. Private Wright was promoted to corporal 
and Avith his unit participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 
26 to October 7, the Ypres-Lys offensive in Belgium, October 15 to October 
23, and the Second Ypres-Lys offensive, October 27 to November 11. Cor- 
poral Wright sailed from Brest March 16, 1919, on the U. S. S. Pueblo and 
landed at Hoboken March 27. He was discharged from the service April 17 
at Camp Sherman, O. 

YOUNG, CLAIR PERRINE, enlisted August 8, 1917, Fort Slocum, N. 
Y., was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., then to base hospital at Camp Gordon, 
Ga. After several transfers he sailed for France April 25, 1918. He attended 
the University of Vesancon from March to July, 1919, and on July 23, was 
discharged as sergeant, first class, in the Medical Corps. 

YOUNG, JOHN WILLIAM, enlisted in the U. S. Navy as landsman, 
was sent to Naval Station, Newport, R. I., and from there to the League 
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. In October, 1917, he was transferred 
to Navy Proving Grounds at Indian Head, Md., for duty in experimental 
ordnance and high explosives. In March, 1918, he was transferred to U. S. S. 
Mississippi, cruised in Cuban and other southern waters, and in October of 



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that year was commissioned ensign, assigned to U. S. S. Sixaola for duty 
as junior watch officer. May 16, 1920, he was ordered to inactive duty and 
placed in the reserves. 

ZEIGLER, J. CARL, attended the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, 
State College, and also at Plattsburg, N. Y. He was inducted into the 
Regular Army September 4, 1918, Lewistown, Pa., sent to the Medical 
Corps, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., where he served in Company 3, 1st Training 
Battalion. He was transferred to Motor Transport Corps, Camp Jesup, 
Atlanta, Ga., serving in Company A, Unit 305. Here he was discharged 
April 5, 1919, ranking as sergeant. 

ZOOK, PAUL A., enlisted August 12, 1917, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, 
in the Medical Corps, from which he was transferred to Instruction Co. F, 
Medical Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for intensive train- 
ing. From here he was transferred to the medical detachment, 331st Infantry, 
83rd Division, Camp Sherman, Ohio. In May, 1918, he sailed with the 83rd 
Division, which landed at Tillbury, England, and later at Le Havre and was 
sent to the Chaumont Area for training. After two months at the 3rd Corps 
school, Mr. Zook was sent to an infantry replacement camp where he re- 
mained until Christmas, 1918. Arrival at Brest was effected January 1, 1919, 
and on January 26 he landed at New York from the S. S. Caronia. He was 
sent to Camp Mills, then Camp Meade, and was honorably discharged 
February 13, 1919. 

1920 

ABBOTT, HARLAND E., enlisted while at State College and was called 
July 15, 1917. He was kept with his company in Warren, Pa., until September 
9, then went to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he stayed until May 5, 1918, when 
he sailed for France. Abbott served as sergeant with Company I, 112th 
Infantry, 28th Division, in the Marne section, was wounded at Fismes, by 
gun shot, in the right hand, was sent to a hospital at Tours until the last of 
October, then to Brest, and sailed for the United States the end of November. 
He was in the hospital in this country until January, 1919, when he was 
discharged from the service. 

AIKEN, ROBERT WILSON, entered the Coast Artillery Reserve Corps, 
Officers' Training Camp, Fort Monroe, Va., where, with Company F, he was 
commissioned second lieutenant. 

ALLEN, JOHN EDWARD, served in the Aviation Service, at the Wil- 
bur AA'right Field, Fairfield, Ohio. 

ALLSHOUSE, ROBERT L., went to Plattsburg, N. Y., July 18, 1918, 
was commissioned second lieutenant. Artillery, September 16, 1918, and was 
sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. 

ANDERS, RAYMOND H., enlisted at Bellefonte, Pa., October 30, 1918, 
was a member of the 15th Company, Central Machine Gun Officers' Training 
School, Camp Hancock, Ga. He was discharged from this camp December 
5, 1918. 

ANDERSON, JOHN CAULDER, was a member of Fleadquarters' Com- 
pany, 319th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force, France. 



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H. B. ABBOTT 




A. S. BAKNHART 




E. B. BENTLET 




11 \K1 LS n. BERLB 





C. A. BRUMBAUGH 




HENRY S. BRUNNER 



K. T. BILLIN 



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BARCKLOW, J. C, was a member of Section 530, U. S. Ambulance 
Corps, from which he was discharged and later enlisted at Essington, Pa., in 
the U. S. Air Service. He was sent to the Ground School, Princeton, N. J., 
and from there to Park Field, Memphis, Tenn., where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant (pilot), and then sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex. Later, 
after a transfer to Ellington Field, for an advance course, he was injured and 
so prevented from overseas service ; however, he acted as an instructor in 
theoretical bombing at Ellington Field for the remainder of the war. 

BARGER, G. H., was a sergeant with Company B, 103rd Engineers, 
Camp Hancock, Ga., was transferred to Company E, 1st Army Headquarters 
Division, and later to the division of criminal investigation. 

BARNHART, ALBERT S., enlisted in the Regular Army, February 11, 

1918, and attended the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, University of 
Texas. He was assigned to Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., and relieved from 
active duty December 20, 1918. 

BART, MARTIN, trained at the aviation school, San Antonio, Tex., and 
February 11, 1919, was commissioned second lieutenant, in the Tank Corps, 
at Tobyhanna, Pa. 

BECK, JOHN CHARLES, entered the Officers' Training Camp, Coast 
Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

BELL, GEORGE A., enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Supply Course at 
Penn State College. 

BENTLEY, EDWARD BELL, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force, Philadelphia, Pa., in April, 1918, and was sent to Wissahickon Bar- 
racks, Cape May, N. J. From here he was transfered to U. S. Naval Base at 
Lewes, Del., for coast guard duty. In September, he was transferred to State 
College, Pa., and there released from active service, December 20, 1918. 

BERLE, CHARLES H., enlisted in Students' Army Training Corps, Oc- 
tober 8, 1918, and transferred to Coast Artillery Corps School, Fort Monroe, 
Va., November 8, 1918. He was discharged at Fort Monroe, February 7, 

1919, after being commissioned second lieutenant. Coast Artillery Reserve 
Corps. 

BEST, H. C, enlisted December, 1917, and joined Company I, 314th In- 
fantry, Camp Meade, Md., where he served for eight months as surgical 
assistant. On July 8, 1918, he sailed for France and saw service on the Verdun 
front during September. In the Argonne sector he was attached to the 
Medical Department. He was gassed September 29, 1918. After returning 
to the United States in March, 1919, he was discharged. 

BIGGS, M. H., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit, was sent 
to Allentown, Pa., and placed in Section 529. In March, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to the Medical Detachment, National Army, appointed private, first 
class, and soon promoted to sergeant. He went to Italy with the Unit, serving 
on the Italian front and with this unit received the Italian Cross of War. 

BILLIN, ROBERT T., enlisted at Altoona, Pa., July 30, 1917, in the 10th 
Engineers, and was sent to Columbus, O., then to Washington, D. C, to the 
American University Camp. On the 10th of September he sailed for overseas, 
but was taken ill on board ship with pneumonia, which later developed into 



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cerebro spinal fever, so he was sent to a hospital immediately upon his arrival 
in Glasgow, Scotland. After being transferred to several different hospitals 
in Scotland, and in England, he joined his command at Tours. The first of 
April, 1918, Company C, of which Billin was a member, was sent to Ponteux 
on construction work and here they remained until December 28, when he 
reported at Brest, and from there returned to the United States. He was dis- 
charged at Camp Stewart, Va., April 16, 1919. 

BINDER, OSCAR L., was inducted into the service and placed with the 
305th Engineers. 

BLAIR, GEORGE W., enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Supply Course 
at Penn State, was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., and later to Edgewood 
Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. 

BLEST, J. H., enlisted at Philadelphia, Pa., November 17, 1917, was 
sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., and then transferred to New 
Haven, Conn. Here he served as government inspector of small arms, with 
the Winchester Repair Arms Company. Blest was made sergeant, first class, 
December 18, 1917, and in April was sent to Bridgeport, Conn., where he was 
discharged. 

BROOKE, WALTER L., enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course 
at State College, and was inducted into service at Lansdale, Pa. He was 
sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., where he worked in the 
laboratory as chemist. Later he was transferred to the Engineers' Enlisted 
Reserve Corps, and again was transferred to the Students' Army Training 
Corps. He was discharged December 16, 1918. 

BROWN, ISAAC G., enlisted in May, 1917, in the Penn State Section, 
No. 529, of the U. S. Army Ambulance Corps. He later became a flying cadet 
stationed at Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant (pilot) in the Air Service, February 20, 1918. In October 
of that year he sailed for France where he served with the Second Army and 
with the Army of Occupation, in the 186th Squadron. He was discharged 
September 11, 1919, in New York. 

BRUMBAUGH, CHARLES A., was a member of the Medical Corps of 
the Regular Army, detailed to the Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, 
for a course in bacteriology and chemistry. In October, 1918, he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, and sent to General Hospital No. 3, Rahway, 
N. J. Here he served until April, 1919, when he was transferred to Fort 
Bayard Hospital in New Mexico, where he was discharged August 20, 1919. 

BRUNNER, HENRY S., was commissioned second lieutenant at Camp 
Perry, O. 

BURGENER, JOHN ALBERT, served at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

BURGENER, K. L., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit, No. 
529, and went to Italy with the same unit, and with the other members of 
this unit received the Italian Cross of War. 

BURGER, HAROLD L., enlisted August 8, 1918, and was sent to the 
Radio School at Newport, R. I. After having served on the U. S. S. Waldrake 
for three months, he was detached for guard duty at Brooklyn, N. Y. In 
January, 1919, he was sent to League Island, Philadelphia, and from there 
was discharged. 



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BUSH, HIRAM J., served as private in the Tank Corps, A 328. 

BYERS, BENJAMIN H., after attending the Fourth Ordnance Supply 
Course, State College, went to Rock Island Arsenal, 111., in December, 1917, 
for further training. In January he was transferred as an ordnance sergeant 
to Camp Lee, Va., where he was commissioned first lieutenant of Ordnance. 
He resigned his commission in the Ordnance Department, in order to enter 
the Infantry Officers' Training School. Here he was commissioned second 
lieutenant in September, 1918. Byers qualified as expert rifleman, and was 
transferred to the Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps in 1919. 

CALLOWAY, BERNARD C, enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force, Class 
4, and served as seaman, second class. 

CAMPBELL, KENNETH KEITH, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve 
Force in April, 1917, at Newport, R. I., and was stationed on active duty at 
the Newport Training Station. He was sent to the Third Naval District, 
placed in the coast patrol squadron and then transferred to the Officers' 
Material School at Pelham Bay, N. Y., where he was commissioned ensign. 
He was then ordered to duty afloat and assigned to U. S. S. Cambas, as watch 
officer. His duty from then on was in the trans-Atlantic convoy between 
New York, St. Nazaire, and Marseilles. He served in this capacity until he 
was discharged in April, 1919. 

CHASE, DANIEL K., attended the First Officers' Training Camp, Fort 
Niagara, N. Y., and was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry, on August 
15, 1917, and transferred to Camp Meade, Md., assigned to 314th Infantry, 
79th Division. In January, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and left 
Camp Meade for overseas July 8, 1918. In France he was stationed near 
Prauthroy. Chase was appointed battalion casual officer of the 1st Battalion, 
314th Infantry, and served in that capacity during the Meuse-Argonne offen- 
sive, also in the Troyon sector on the St. Mihiel front. In October he was 
sent to the Third Army Corps School at Nievre and from there to the Second 
Army Corps School at Chattillon-sur-Seine. He returned to his division, 
which was then north of Verdun, and was assigned as company commander 
of Company B, 314th Infantry, near Montmedy. He commanded the com- 
pany until relieved by the return of the regular commander in January, 1919, 
when Chase was transferred as first lieutenant to the 274th Military Police 
Company at Souilly. Lieutenant Chase was on duty as personnel adjutant 
until March 28, 1919, when he was sent to Bar-le-Duc as detachment com- 
mander. He returned to Verdun as personnel adjutant, in which capacity he 
served until his return to the United States in May, 1919. At Camp Dix, N. J., 
June 6, 1919, Lieutenant Chase was discharged. 

CLAIR, T. D., on August 20, 1917, enlisted in the Medical Reserve 
Ambulance Corps, transferred to a Florida Section, 575, and served in France 
with Ambulance Section, S. E. U. 535, Automobile, Par B. M. S., Paris. He 
won the French Croix de Guerre. 

CONLEY, EDWARD M., JR., enlisted May 5, 1917, in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force. He reported for duty aboard the U. S. S. Henderson, trans- 
port. May 2Z, 1917. In October of this year he saw the U. S. Transport 
Antilles sunk. After transport service Conley was transferred to the U. S. 
Naval Aviation detachment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as 
a chief quartermaster. He was returned to duty afloat in November, 1918, 
and was relieved from active duty February 15, 1919. 



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H. L. BURGER 




K. K. CAMPBELL 




L. B. fONEAI) 




C. B. DAVENPORT 





CHARLES S. FARRELL 




R. R. GEHHART 



J. B. DUKE 



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CONRAD, HOWARD H., enlisted in Headquarters Company, 311th 
Field Artillery, Camp Meade, Md., was commissioned second lieutenant on 
duty at 8th Battalion, Field Artillery Reserve Depot, Camp Taylor, Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

*CONRAD, LYMAN BARNET, enlisted in the 109th Field Artillery, 
Battery D, on July 16, 1917, at Wilkes-Barre, and was sent to Camp Ricketts, 
West Pittston, Pa. The 109th left Pittston September 7, 1917, and went to 
Camp Hancock, Ga., where it trained until May, 1918. After arriving overseas 
Conrad went to Radio School of the advanced Signal Corps, where he was 
made corporal. On August 13, 1918, he was killed by an airplane raid made 
upon his battery. 

COOK, H. L., enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, National Army, and was 
sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

COOPER, WILLIAM F., joined the Naval Reserves, Class 4, for gen- 
eral service as seaman, second class, stationed at League Island, Philadelphia, 
Pa., and received a commission as chief mechanic, first class. 

CROW, EVANS C, enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., on July 18, 1918, and 
was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry on September 16. On Sep- 
tember 26, he was transferred to Camp Grant, 111., in the infantry replace- 
ment camp, and received his discharge there on December 3. 

DAVENPORT, CLARENCE B., served in the mustering office as ser- 
geant with Camp Headquarters Company, Camp Dix, N. J. After the armis- 
tice this office was converted into the central discharge office, in which 
Davenport remained until discharged May 28, 1919. 

DAVIS, R. O., in August, 1917, enlisted in the Medical Reserve Ambu- 
lance Corps, and later was transferred to a Princeton section which served 
in France. 

DEAL, HAROLD H., enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Supply Course, 
State College, Pa., and attended a training school for the Infantry for the 
purpose of drilling recruits. This was known as 39th Company, 10th Bat- 
talion, 155th Brigade, Camp Lee, Va. 

DELL, G. HARPER, enlisted in U. S. Army Ambulance service at 
Allentown, Pa., on June 12, 1917, and was assigned to Section 530. On 
August 1 he was transferred to Headquarters Company. Later he saw serv- 
ice in Italy with the Ambulance Service. 

DETAR, DAVID DEWEY, trained at a Machine Gun School, Camp 
Hancock, Ga. 

DETWEILER, JOHN H., enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course 
at State College, and later served with Ordnance Department. 

DUDLEY, HOMER W., was inducted into service September 4, 1918, 
and placed in Company 4, Replacement Battalion of the Medical Depart- 
ment, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

DUKE, J. B., enlisted at Fort Slocum, N. Y., August 1, 1917, went to 
the American University Camp, Washington, D. C, in September, 1917, and 
sailed for France with the 1st Army Unit. After arrival overseas, he helped 
to build the first camp at Nevers, France, cutting the first lumber in an 



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American built mill on Thanksgiving day. For three months he carried 
dispatches and mail in the lines and was twice bombed from airplanes. He 
returned to the United States in February, 1919, and was discharged from 
Camp Meade, Md. 

DUNCAN, WILLIAM R., enlisted June 1, 1917, at State College, Pa., 
and went to AUentown, Pa., with Section 529, of the U. S. Army Ambulance 
Corps. With this unit he went to Italy in June, 1918, and there was trans- 
ferred to the motor repair shop detachment, in September. He returned to 
the United States in April of the following year and was discharged at Camp 
Dix, N. J., April 26, 1919. 

ELLICOTT, D. B., JR., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit 529, 
and served in Italy with this group. He also, with the other members of 
the section, was decorated with the Italian Cross of War. 

ELLIOTT, FREDERICK S., enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force, Class 
4, and served as second class seaman. 

ELY, ALBERT R., enlisted in the Student Officers' Training Camp at 

Plattsburg, N. Y., was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, and 
ordered to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., September 26, 1918. Here he was 
a student in the Field Artillery Commissioned Officers' Training Course, for 
a twelve weeks' course, and was discharged December 28, 1918. 

ENGLE, E. W., was in the new recruiting office at Harrisburg until it 
closed Oct. 31, 1917. From Harrisburg he was sent to headquarters of his 
organization. Depot H, stationed at College of the City of New York. There 
he was a corporal in the Signal Corps School of Radio Telegraphy. 

*FARRELL, CHARLES S., enlisted in June, 1918, in the United States 
Naval Reserves. In July he was sent to Norfolk, Va., where he was stationed 
until September. From there he was transferred to Pelham Bay, N. Y., until 
November 9, at which time he was again transferred, to Charleston, S. C, 
where he died of spinal meningitis on January 31, 1919. He was sick only 
eighteen hours when his family received word of his death. He had just 
been promoted to machinist's mate, second class. 

FLICKINGER, C. H., enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., July 2, 1917, and 
until October did recruiting duty in that place. He then went to the Signal 
Corps School, New York City, and to Plattsburg Barracks, where he joined 
the 321st Field Signal Battalion in May, 1918. He sailed for France in Sep- 
tember and saw service with the 27th Division, at Blois, at Amiens, and at 
Le Mans. He returned to the United States in March, 1919, and was dis- 
charged at Camp Dix, N. J., April 3, of that year. 

FOELL, CARL F., served in the Army. 

FOSTER, MARSHALL S., was commissioned second lieutenant and 
sent to Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he served as instructor at 
the Students' Army Training Corps. In March he was sent to Governor's 
Island, N. Y., where he was discharged. 

FROMMEYER, A. S., enlisted in the Penn State Army Ambulance 
Corps, Section 529, and went to Italy with this same group. Later he was 
transferred to Section 530, and with them served with the American Army 
in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive. 



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FULHRAR, L. M., enlisted July 23, 1918, went to Camp Lee, Va.. and 
remained there as sergeant until September. He was transferred to Camp 
Taylor, Ky., where he entered the Officers' Training School of the Field 
Artillery. On November 29, 1918, he received his discharge. 

GATCHELL, MARSHALL HAROLD, enlisted in the Naval Intelli- 
gence Bureau at New York and was transferred to sea duty on submarine 
chaser No. 19. At the end of August he was transferred to Naval Aviation 
Section, sent to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then went to Florida 
Flying School, when the armistice was signed. 

GERHART, RICHARD R., enlisted June 11, 1917, at Philadelphia, Pa., 
in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force and remained there until November, when 
he was sent to Cape May, N. J. Here he attended the Gunnery School for 
seamen, and was taken ill with pneumonia. After his discharge from the 
base hospital at Cape May, he was transferred, disqualified for sea duty, to 
the Aviation Mechanical School, Jersey City, N. J. On June 27, 1918, he was 
made second class petty officer and sent overseas on the U. S. S. Henderson. 
Two days out the ship caught fire and those aboard were transferred to the 
U. S. S.'Von Steuben. In France Gerhart was stationed at Pauillac and then 
was attached to the north bombing squadron at Dunkirk. Here he took a 
course in aerial gunnery until he sailed for home December 7, 1918. He was 
released from active duty February 12, 1919. 

*GERWIG, PERCY M., attended the Ludington Junior Officers' Train- 
ing Camp in 1915, the Junior Camp at Plattsburg in 1916, where he won the 
non-commissioned rank of sergeant, and then entered the Army Aviation 
Training School at Austin, Tex. He missed qualifying at Austin for the 
flying school and immediately applied for re-entering. Meanwhile he went to 
work by engaging as an inspector of air planes at Swissvale. While there 
he was accepted in the Marines' School and passed the ground school with 
high marks. He finished his training at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Boston, on August 17, and went to the Miami field on August 28. He 
expected to get his commission about the middle of November, but his ma- 
chine fell during a training flight and he was killed. 

GOLDENBERG, GEORGE, was stationed as seaman in the Naval 
Reserves, Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J. 

GOOD, HAROLD P., was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta- 
tion, Great Lakes, 111. 

GRANT, F. M., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit, No. 529, 
which served with such distinction in Italy. Later he was transferred to the 
motor repair shop detachment. 

GREEN, THEODORE CHARLES, attended Machine Gun School, 
Camp Hancock, Ga. 

GRIFFITH, CHARLES W., was inducted into service September 4, 
1918, sent to Camp Forrest, Ga., with the 5th Provisional Engineer Recruiting 
Company, and was acting sergeant in charge of his barracks at this carnp. 
He was transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service at Willoughby, Ohio, 
engaged in the manufacture of poison gas. December 5, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to Camp Sherman, Ohio, where he was discharged. 



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■W. D. IIAUKINS 





FRANKLIN E. HERB 




PAUL M. HEVBRLT 



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GRIFFITHS, PERCY W., served in the Navy on board the U. S. S., F. J. 
Luckenbach. 

GROVE, GUY W., enlisted in the U. S. Navy, June 1, 1917, at the League 
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., then was transferred to the Navy Base 
at Queenstown, Ireland. He was sent from there to the U. S. Navy Head- 
quarters at London, where he was detailed on special duty in American Red 
Cross hospital No. 25. Christmas, 1918, he returned to the United States 
on the Northern Pacific. This was the voyage on which that ship ran 
aground on Fire Island, and was unable to dock until the 5th of January. 
Upon his arrival in New York City he was sent to Navy Hospital at Wash- 
ington, D. C, and from there was discharged February 6, 1919, as pharmacist 
mate. 

GRUVER, FRED C, enlisted at Berwick, Pa., July 24, 1918, and went 
to Camp Lee, Va , where he was made corporal in the Replacement Troop. 
Here he received his discharge November 23, 1918. 

HALBERSTAM, CHARLES, enlisted at Fort Slocum May 22, 1918, and 
was attached to Evacuation Hospital No. 11, May 25, 1918, at Camp Crane, 
Allentown, Pa. He went to France on August 15, 1918, with the above 
named unit, and was made sergeant on March 13, 1919. He returned to the 
States July 12, and was discharged on July 18, 1919. In this time he par- 
ticipated in the St. Mihiel offensive, September 12-15, and the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive, September 26-November 11, 1918. 

HALLMAN, GEORGE VICTOR, attended the Officers' Training Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., from July 3 to September 16, 1918, and was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Infantry. He was sent to Lake Forrest, N. C, as instructor 
in the Students' Army Training Corps, and while there he served as personnel 
adjutant, as adjutant, and as officer in charge of selling Liberty bonds to the 
troops. He was discharged December 22, 1918. 

HAMILTON, C. B., completed the First Ordnance Supply Course at 
The Pennsylvania State College and later enlisted. 

HARKINS, WILLIAM D., enlisted in the Signal Corps, and was ordered 
to report at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas, for the 
course given to radio electricians. Here he worked on wireless telephony 
with the 32nd Service Company of the 2nd Corps. This corps was ready for 
overseas service when in October, 1918, the post was quarantined on account 
of the influenza epidemic. He received his discharge December 28, 1918. 

HARRIS, L. H., enlisted in the Medical Resei-ve Ambulance Corps, Allen- 
town, Pa., and was transferred to an Amherst Section, and with this unit 
served in France. 

HART, WILLIAM LYNN, attended the Machine Gun Officers' Training 
School, Camp Hancock, Ga., and was discharged in this place December 16, 
1918. 

HAWKINS, KENNETH B., enlisted in the Aviation Section Signal Re- 
serve Corps at Pittsburgh, Pa., January 2, 1918, and went as a cadet to the 
United States School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J. In July, 1918, 
he was transferred to the Aviation Concentration Camp at Dallas, Tex. He 
volunteered for observation duty and was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., where he 
drilled in aerial observation. He was then transferred to Selfridge Field, 



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Mich., for instruction in aerial gunnery. On December 13, 1918, he graduated 
as a fighting observer, being commissioned second lieutenant in the Aviation 
Section, Signal Reserve Corps, and released to inactive status. 

HAYES, J. H., in August, 1917, enlisted in the Medical Reserve Ambu- 
lance Corps, and was sent to Allentown with the Penn State Ambulance 
Unit, which later served with the Italian Army. With the other members of 
the group he received the Italian Cross of War. 

HECKEL, FRANK P., enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, March 26, 1918, 
at Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa. In June he was transferred to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., where he entered Company F at the Ordnance Supply School. 
He sailed for France, August 26, 1918, where he attended the Ordnance 
Ammunition School at Depot No. 4. At the time of the armistice he was 
acting sergeant of the guard. In June of the following year he was trans- 
ferred to the Ordnance Base Section No. 1, St. Nazaire, and in September 
returned to the United States, and was discharged October 3, 1919. 

HERB, FRANKLIN E., after having completed the Fourth Ordnance 
Supply Course, State College, enlisted in the Ordnance Department, January 
21, 1918, was sent to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., and then to Fort 
Sill, Okla., where he became company clerk of the 126th Ordnance Depot 
Company. He was transferred to the Quartermaster Corps, in February, 
1919, where he served as company clerk, first clerk of the detachment, and 
as secretary to the commanding officer. In April, 1919, he was transferred to 
Camp Meade, Md., and there discharged with the rank of sergeant. 

HEVERLY, PAUL MOORE, enlisted at Williamsport, Pa., January 29, 
1918, went to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from there returned to State College, 
where he took the course in Ordnance Supply. In March, 1918, he went 
to Rock Island Arsenal, 111., and in May was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga. 
From here he was transferred in July, 1918, to the Edgewood Arsenal, Stam- 
ford, Conn., detailed on the manufacture of chloropicrin. In August, 1918, 
he was transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service, from which arm he was 
discharged December 27, 1918. 

HILLS, LEE G., enlisted March 16, 1918, in the Sixth Ordnance Supply 
Course, State College, and was sent to the training school at Rock Island 
Arsenal, 111. From here he went to Ordnance Supply School, Camp Hancock, 
Ga., then to the Watervliet Arsenal, and sailed for overseas October 6, 1918. 
He was promoted to corporal, to sergeant, and to ordnance sergeant, and after 
his return was discharged July 25, 1919. 

HIORNS, L. H., enlisted in the First Officers' Reserve Training Camp, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 12, 1917, and was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps, August 5, 1917. He was assigned 
to the 310th Infantry at Camp Dix, N. J., was transferred in succession to 
Camp Hancock, Ga., to Camp Jackson, S. C, and finally Camp Wadsworth, 
S. C, where he was with the 52nd Pioneer Infantry. He sailed for France 
August 1, 1918, and with this unit was assigned to the Fifth Army Corps. 
He saw active service in the Argonne, where he was seriously wounded 
October 1, 1918, sent first to a base hospital in France, then returned to the 
United States to General Hospital No. 3, and to Convalescent Hospital No. 1. 
He was discharged from active service October 8, 1919. 



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HOLLAND, LAWRENCE L., enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Supply 
Course at State College and was sent to Rock Island Arsenal. He finished at 
Rock Island and was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., until June 28, 1918, when 
he was sent to Watervliet Arsenal, and then overseas. While at Watervliet 
he was made sergeant, first class, and later battalion supply sergeant. 

HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM D., enlisted in the Navy, and served as elec- 
trician, third class, with Company 7, Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J. 

HOMAN, BOYD, was in the Aviation Service as mechanician and went 
overseas in December, 1917, where he was located in Norfolkshire, England, 
for some time. In May he went to France and there saw service in various 
engagements including St. Mihiel drive. Homan was detailed on the com- 
manding officer's motor as rigger sergeant. 

HOMAN, B. M., was a member of the Penn State Ambulance Unit No. 
529 of the U. S. Army Ambulance Corps, and with them served on the Italian 
front, being decorated, as was the entire unit, with the Italian Cross of War. 

*HUGHES, NORMAN DAVID, enlisted August 14, 1917, in the Avia- 
tion Signal Section and entered Princeton University as a student in aeronau- 
ics. He sailed for France, November 21, 1917, where he was commissioned 
second lieutenant in May. He was killed in action June 26, near Tours, 
France. 

*HURD, ARTHUR PIERSON, enlisted in the Regular Army April 9, 
1917, three days after the declaration of war, trained at Syracuse, N. Y., and 
on September 6 as a member of Company C, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division, 
sailed for France. Before sailing he was appointed first class private, attached 
to headquarters, as orderly in the Signal Corps, and shortly after his arrival 
overseas was sent to a school for signal work. He was detailed as liaison 
agent and dispatch rider, and in this capacity was constantly under shell fire, 
having several very narrow escapes. At the battle of Soissons, June 16, he 
was wounded. He rejoined his company within a month and was again 
wounded after a raid on a German trench. 

In September, Hurd, now a corporal, captured, single handed, eight Ger- 
mans, including an officer. He saw action at Verdun, in the Troyon sector, 
at Chateau Thierry, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc-Mont, and in the Champagne 
sector. Here Hurd was killed in action after distinguished bravery which 
won for him (posthumously) the Croix de Guerre, with bronze star, and a 
citation signed by Marshal Retain. The citation reads as follows : 

"With the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief of the American Ex- 
peditionary Forces in France the Marshal of France Commander-in-Chief 
of the French Armies of the East cites in the order of the Regiment. Corporal 
Arthur P. Hurd, Company C, 9th Infantry, displayed remarkable courage and 
coolness under violent bombardment. During the action he advanced in front 
of the lines with a squad in order to attack a nest of machine guns. Succeeded 
in reducing it to silence, killed the crew, was seriously wounded and evacuated 
to a dressing station. 

"At General Headquarters, January 30, 1919. 

"Retain, The Marshal." 



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EVERETT W, JCIIINSON 




HOWARD S JONES 





M. J. KANE 




FRANCIS R. KNISS 



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JACOBS, CHILTON H., went to Plattsburg, N. Y., was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Infantry, and sent to Columbia University, N. Y., as in- 
structor in the Student Army Training Corps. 

JACOBY, ALBERT G., enlisted April, 1918, and for one year drilled 
recruits at Paris Island, S. C. He entered the non-commissioned officers' 
school for marines, and received the rank of sergeant. 

JOHNSON, EVERETT W., attended the Officers' Training Camp, Des 
Moines, Iowa, and was commissioned first lieutenant. Infantry, assigned to 
the 349th Regiment, Field Artillery, at Camp Dix, N. J. From here he was 
sent to School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., returned to Camp Dix, and sailed 
with the 350th Regiment, Field Artillery. Upon his arrival in France he 
rejoined his former command, the 349th Field Artillery, and with them saw 
action in the St. Die sector, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and in the 
Marbach sector. He returned to the United States in March, 1919, and was 
discharged in April. 

JONES, HOWARD S., enlisted April 23, 1917, in the Navy at Wissa- 
hickon Barracks, Cape May, N. Y. He served at the Navy Hospital, then 
was assigned to the listeners' school, New London, Conn. He was then or- 
dered to the U. S. S. Stringham, destroyer, and sent to European waters, where 
he remained on duty until the end of the war. He returned to the United 
States, was detailed on submarine chaser No. 407, for several months, and was 
discharged April 11, 1919. 

JUNK, ROBERT H., enlisted in the Air Service at Philadelphia, April 
20, 1917, went to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from there transferred to the U. S. 
Army Balloon School at Omaha, Neb., in May, 1917. He was detailed to the 
bombing and telephone department, then served as candidate in the Officers' 
Training Camp, for the air service. He was transferred to the U. S. Army 
Balloon Field, Arcadia, Cal., as instructing sergeant in artillery observation 
from balloons. He was discharged at this place February 28, 1919. 

KANE, M. J., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit, was sent to 
Allentown, and transferred to a Harvard Unit. He left Allentown on August 
6, and sailed for France. They were in camp about two months building 
ambulances. Section 12 left for the front, but Kane was detached to take 
charge of the warehouse where all the ambulance parts were stored. He left 
this camp on October IS, 1917, and took charge of a warehouse just outside 
of Paris until December 2, when he was transferred to Paris. He left Paris 
on June 20, 1918, and joined Section 632, which outfit was in the Allied 
attack of July 18. He was promoted to grade of mechanic. 

KATZ, ALBERT J., enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Supply Course, 
State College, then went to the League Island Navy Yard at Philadelphia. 
He was later transferred to check material on ships returned from overseas. 

KENNARD, WALTER B., enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., was discharged from there September 20, 1918, and trans- 
ferred to the Central Officers' Training School, Camp Gordon, Ga., in October, 
1919. While in Camp Gordon he acted as bayonet instructor to officer candi- 
dates. 

KESSLER, N. T., enlisted in Hospital Corps of the Navy, June 5, 1917, 
and went to Newport, R. I., for instruction in the Navy Hospital School. He 



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then transferred to the Philadelphia Navy Hospital whence he was sent to 
the receiving ship at New York, and later to the U. S. S. Black Hawk, the 
flagship of the mine forces, operating in the North Sea. On the Black Hawk 
he left American waters in June of 1918, going to Inverness, Scotland. He 
cruised in the North Sea for a year doing hospital work with the mine forces 
and was then transferred to the U. S. S. Lake View. He returned to the 
United States and was discharged at League Island, July 15, 1919. 

KNISS, FRANCIS ROSCOE, enlisted in the Cavalry, at Williamsport, 
Pa., August 6, 1918, and went to Fort Slocum, N. Y., where he joined the 1st 
Company. From August, 1918, until January, 1919, he served in the 67th 
Infantry band. He was transferred to the 2nd Training Company, 154th 
Depot Brigade, until February 8, 1919, when he was discharged with the rank 
of sergeant bugler, and assistant bandmaster. 

LAMADE, R. M., was in the French Transport Service, Convois Auto- 
mobiles, from July 4, 1917, to October 1, 1917, when he was transferred to 
the American Army. He was detached for service with the French Transport 
from October 1, 1917, to June 13, 1919, when he was discharged with the 
rank of sergeant, first class. 

LANGE, OSCAR C, enlisted at Scranton, Pa., August 29, 1917, and went 
to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he joined Company A, 108th Machine Gun 
Battalion, of the 28th Division. He served as instructor in machine gun 
and as machine gun ranger at Camp Hancock. With his organization he 
sailed for overseas, arriving at Calais May 20, 1918. He was sent to British 
General Headquarters Machine Gun School, after which he saw service in 
the Marne defensive, in the Marne-Aisne offensive, and in the Meuse-Argonne 
ofifensive. He was wounded September 27, 1918, in the Argonne forest, and 
spent eight months in a French hospital and one month at Fort McHenry, 
Va., Hospital. He was discharged at Camp Meade, June 21, 1919, as corporal. 

LANNON, J. v., entered the service June 26, 1918, in the 4th Provisional 
Battalion of Engineers, Miscellaneous Personnel, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind. He was acting sergeant when he was transferred to Company K, 118th 
Railway Engineers. In March, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

LARGEY, ARTHUR M., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Forces, 
Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1918, and was sent to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape 
May, N. J. He was transferred to Pelham Bay, N. Y., and from there to New 
London, Conn. In September, 1918, he was ordered aboard the U. S. Subma- 
rine Chaser No. 210, and put to sea for foreign waters, touching the Bermuda 
Islands, the Azores, Portugal, and Gibraltar. In January, 1919, he returned 
to the West Indies, and to the United States, where he was discharged with 
the rank of senior mechanic, second class, at Charleston, S. C, February 
28, 1919. 

LASSER, J. K., enlisted June 4, 1918, in the U. S. Naval Reserve Forces 
as apprentice seaman, and was stationed at Philadelphia, Norfolk and Wash- 
ington. He was released from active service with the grade of first class 
petty officer. 

LEACH, M. O., entered the Reserve Officers' Training Camp and was 
commissioned second lieutenant. 



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G. B. LETCHWORTH 




GF.OlUiP: C. MATTRIt;^ 



RUSSELL R. LODDBN 





JOHN H. MOORB 



GEORGE W. McCOOL 



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LENKER, DONALD PHILIP, enlisted in August, 1918, in the 52nd 
Company, 13th Provisional Recruiting Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Lee, Va., and was transferred to Company E, of the 20th Battalion, Infantry 
Replacement and Training Camp. He became first sergeant in this company 
and in October transferred to secret service work at Willoughby, O., detailed 
on gas investigation. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, O., in Decem- 
ber, 1918. 

LETCHWORTH, GEORGE E., enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., October 16, 
1917, and was assigned to the 321st Field Signal Battalion, Camp Upton, N. Y. 
After transfer in the United States from Camp Upton to Camp Stanley, Tex., 
and Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., he sailed for overseas, reaching Le Havre, 
September 20, 1918. From here he was transferred to the 34th Service Com- 
pany, Signal Corps, at Tours, and detached for convoy duty until after the 
armistice was signed. He was then transferred to the 33rd Service Company 
for duty in the telephone and telegraph office at Headquarters Intermediate 
Section at Nevers, France. He returned to the United States in July, and was 
discharged on the 29th of that month, 1919. 

LOHMANN, PIERCE FRED, was commissioned second lieutenant, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., and assigned to duty with the Replacement Troops, Camp 
Grant, Rockford, 111. On September 26, 1918, he was attached to the 11th 
Company, 161st Depot Brigade, and in October was transferred to the In- 
fantry Replacement Camp attached to 2nd Company of the Officers' Pro- 
visional Training Battalion. Later he was assigned to the 3rd Company 
Replacement Troops and on December 6, 1918, was discharged. 

LOUDEN, R. R., entered the Second Officers' Training Camp, Camp 
Oglethorpe, Ga., August 26, 1917, was commissioned second lieutenant. In- 
fantry, in November, and assigned to the 24th U. S. Infantry, at Columbus, 
N. M. In August of 1918 he was commissioned first lieutenant, and worked 
at Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., from January 6 until March 16, 1919, salvag- 
ing lumber and miscellaneous materials for building barracks at Colum- 
bus. With the 24th Infantry Lieutenant Louden served in an engagement 
against Villista forces in Juarez, Mexico. On October 31 he was discharged 
from active service, and now holds a commission as first lieutenant in the 
Reserve Corps of the Regular Army. 

LUBIC, HYMAN M., enlisted October 1, 1918, and was sent to the 
Central Machine Gun Officers' Training School at Camp Hancock, Ga. Here 
he acted as supply sergeant, 14th Company, 3rd Battalion, and after serving 
for two montlis was discharged December 5, 1918. 

LUPFER, JAMES R., enlisted at Camp Lee, Va., in the Infantry. He 
was transferred from there to the Engineer Corps at Fort Benjamin Harri- 
son, Ind., and was mustered out of service December 16, 1918. 

McCOOL, GEORGE W., was inducted into service May 28, 1918, as 
corporal with Company G, 315th Infantry, 79th Division. He sailed for 
France July 10, 1918, and went into action in September near Montfaucon. 
He was wounded at Nantillois September 28, 1918. Returning to the United 
States, he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., June 8, 1919. 

McCUTCHEON, PAUL K., served with the 20th Engineers (Forestry) 
in France. 



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McGREW, ALBERT D., attended the United States Army School of 
military aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

McHUGH, JOSEPH L., enlisted in the Penn State Ambulance Unit and 
was sent to Allentown, Pa. 

McKELVEY, A. G., enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course at 
State College, and was sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., where 
he completed a course in Ordnance Stores. He was transferred to the Ord- 
nance Headquarters, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., and received a 
warrant as sergeant. 

McKINLEY, WILLIAM S., after completing the Fourth Ordnance Sup- 
ply Course at State College, he went to the Rock Island Arsenal, 111., where 
he attended training school. In February, 1918, he was transferred to the 
113th Ordnance Depot Company, Camp Dodge, Iowa, receiving a warrant 
as sergeant of the Ordnance Corps in January, 1918, and as sergeant, first 
class, in October, 1918. He was discharged May 10, 1919. 

McMASTER, DONALD C, attended the Fourth Ordnance Supply 
Course at State College and later entered the army. 

MASON, JOHN GORDON, was stationed at the submarine chaser base. 
Wood's Hole, Mass., with rank of seaman, second class. 

MATEY, GEORGE, went overseas and. was a private in the school de- 
tachment. 

MATISKO, GEORGE, enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in the 
Main Dispensary, Great Lakes, 111. 

MATTERN, GEORGE G., was inducted into service at Camp Greenleaf, 
Ga., September 4, 1918, and was a member of Evacuation Hospital No. 47, 
which had been organized for overseas service. After the armistice he was 
transferred for duty to Plattsburg, N. Y., with General Hospital No. 30. 
October 14, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

*MAUGER, HARRY G., enlisted August, 1917, in Company H, 109th 
Infantry, 28th Division, and after training at Camp Hancock, Ga., sailed 
for France as corporal. May 2, 1918. He was interpreter for his captain and 
for the French captain, and fought at the second battle of the Marne. For 
action in the Conde woods he was recommended for bravery by Captain 
Williams. July 28, he was sent to Officers' Training School at Langres, 
where he was commissioned lieutenant September 29, 1918, assigned to Com- 
pany A, 127th Infantry of the 32nd Division, and was put in command of his 
company. While leading his company in action on Hill No. 286 he was killed 
in a barrage of machine gun and shellfire. His body was later recovered and 
buried in the national cemetery at Romagne. 

MAULE, COMLY E., was a member of 18th Company, 5th Battalion 
Depot Brigade, at Camp Lee, Va., and later was sent to the Medical Detach- 
ment of the 13th Provisional Recruiting Battalion. He was transferred sev- 
eral times, serving with the Medical Detachment at the Infantry Replacement 
and Training Camp at the Convalescent Camp, with Headquarters' De- 
mobilization Troop, and at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, all at Camp 
Lee, Va. He was promoted to private, first class, and discharged on August 
6, 1919. 



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MERCER, BERTRAM M., enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Course at 
State College, went to the Ordnance Training School, Rock Island Arsenal, 
Rock Island, 111., and then was attached to the Special Training Company, 
2nd Regiment, Officers' Training Corps, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

MILLER, FRANK K., was inducted into service September 20, 1917, at 
Camp Meade, Md., as a member of Company K, 316th Infantry, 79th Division. 
In February he was transferred to the 11th Infantry of the 5th Division, 
located at Camp Forrest, Ga., and with this organization sailed for France, 
April 24, 1918. From June 14 to August 20, 1918, he was continuously in the 
trenches in the Vosges mountains. After this action he participated in the St. 
Mihiel drive, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and after the armistice was 
with the Army of Occupation in Germany and Luxembourg. He returned 
to the United States in July, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., 
the 25th of that month, with the rank of private, first class. While overseas 
he attended the American Expeditionary University at Beaune, France, from 
March to June, 1919. 

MILLER, HOWARD R., served with the 19th Company, 5th Training 
Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. He was made sergeant 
major of this battalion, sent to the Fourth Officers' Training School at Camp 
Gordon, Ga. He was commissioned second lieutenant, August 26, 1918, 
assigned to Camp Greene, N. C, promoted to first lieutenant, October 11, 1918, 
and then assigned to Company D, 810th Pioneer Infantry, for overseas' 
service. While at sea peace was declared, and the 810th was returned to the 
United States. 

MILLER, R. M., from July 15 to November 1, 1917, he was in New Lon- 
don, Conn., in the mine forces of the Atlantic Fleet, making and laying 
submarine nets. He was sent to Pelham Bay Park, N. Y. 

MILLIKEN, CLYDE W., went to Plattsburg, N. Y., was commissioned 
second lieutenant, Infantry, sent to College for Dental and Oral Surgery of 
New York in the Students' Army Training Corps Unit, as instructor, and was 
discharged December 20, 1918. 

MOORE, JOHN H., enlisted in Altoona and on March 18, 1918, was 
sworn in at Frankford Arsenal. He was equipped there and entered the 
course in Ordnance at Penn State, March 27, 1918. He left for Camp Han- 
cock, Ga., and was there three and a half months, completing the course 
in Ordnance Department. From there he went to Camp Raritan, N. J., and 
was attached to Artillery Headqtiarters Company. He served overseas as 
acting corporal. 

MORGAN, SIDNEY, served with the American Expeditionary Force in 
France. 

MORRIS, SAMUEL, served with the Society of Friends' Reconstruction 
Unit, under the direction of the American Red Cross, in France, from March 
5, 1918, until November 30, 1919. During the year 1919 his work was recon- 
struction, agricultural, in the Argonne and the Ardennes forest. 

MORRISON, J. W., enlisted in the Medical Reserve Ambulance Corps, 
was sent to Allentown, Pa., attached to Section 529, and served with this unit 
with the Italian Army, receiving the Italian Cross of War. 



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SAMUEL MORRIS 




K. MIIXER 




B. K. MDSCHLITZ 




CI \RI N( E 11 rEIiSIUNG 





J. RAYMOND PIERCE 




nCGH ROSS. JR. 



UOr.AND I.. I'KTERS 



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MURTLAND, JOHN ALEXANDER, was a member of the Officers' 
Training Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

*MUSCHLITZ, BURTON K., enlisted December 27, 1917, at Mauch 
Chunk, Pa., in the Medical Corps, was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from 
there to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Here he was promoted to corporal and sent 
to Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., where he remained nine months. By 
the Government he was detailed to laboratory work at this place and also was 
given charge of the Sanitary Corps. In September he went to Yale University 
where he passed an examination for second lieutenant. In January, he was 
transferred to Camp Taylor, Ky., then to the Walter Reed Hospital Labora- 
tory. Here he unfortunately contracted pneumonia and on the 15th of Feb- 
ruary, 1919, he died. 

NEAL, EDWARD DIXON, was in the Aviation Corps, Mt. Clemens, 
Mich., was commissioned second lieutenant, and later sent to Barracks 26, 
Mitchell Field, Mineola, L. I. 

NICHOLSON, EDWIN L., worked with the American Red Cross, 
Society of Friends, 53 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France. 

OCHSENREITER, E. C, enlisted as sergeant in the Ambulance Service, 
Allentown, Pa., and transferred to aviation training. He went from the 
Cumberland Corps to the Ground School at Princeton University, and from 
there was transferred to the inspection force of the Signal Corps. He was 
an inspector of airplanes and airplane engines. Signal Service at large. He 
was located in New Brunswick, N. J. 

ORR, ALBERT W., enlisted April 6, 1918, at Fort Slocum, N. Y., in the 
Coast Artillery Corps, and was made sergeant with the 2nd Company at Fort 
Howard, Md. He transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps, Officers' Training 
School, Fort Monroe, Va., in September, and was discharged there November 
22, 1918. 

OSBORN, ROBERT D., was stationed with Company 5, at Wissahickon 
Barracks, Cape May, N. J. 

PARFITT, DAVID S., was sergeant, 8th Battalion, Camp Lee, Va., and 
on November 22, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant. 

PELTON, CLIFFORD LIVINGSTON, attended Air Service Mechanics 
School, St. Paul, Minn. He was attached to Company 1, 1st Regiment. 

PERSHING, CLARENCE HENRY, entered the service at Mt. Pleasant, 
Pa., August 6, 1918, and was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C, assigned to 
Company F, 4th Pioneer Infantry. He was transferred to the Medical Corps 
to Medical Replacement Unit, No. 24. He sailed for overseas the 27th of 
September, 1918, and served near the Verdun front in October. Here he 
served with Evacuation Hospital No. 9, twenty miles south of Verdun, and 
with this organization went to Coblenz, Germany, where he spent the winter 
with the Army of Occupation. He returned to the United States in June, 
1919, and was discharged July 3 at Camp Dix, N. J. 

PETERS, ROLAND L., enlisted July 21, 1917, in the U. S. Army 
Ambulance Service, Allentown, Pa., where he joined the Penn State Unit, 
No. 529. With this unit he served on the Italian front, along the Piave 
river, and was decorated with the Italian Cross of War. 



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PETERSON, C. I., was a private in the 10th Engineers (Forestry), and 
served in France with this unit. 

*PIERCE, JOHN RAYMOND, enlisted in the Marine Corps in July, 
1918, and went to Paris Island, S. C., August 2, 1918. In October he was 
sent to Quantico, Va., to attend heavy Browning machine gun school. His 
final examinations were to have been in November, but he was taken ill with 
influenza which developed into pneumonia and caused his death, November 
17, 1918. 

POLLOCK, CHARLES R., was a member of the 32nd Company, Central 
Officers' Training School, Camp Lee, Va. 

RAUCH, RICHARD H., in April, 1918, went to Watertown Arsenal, 
Watertown, Mass., and in September, 1918, to Big Point Ordnance Depot, 
Big Point, Va. 

REIMEL, SAMUEL ROY, enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Course, State 
College, and went from there to Ordnance Training School, Rock Island 
Arsenal, Rock Island, III. 

REITER, GLENN C, enlisted in the service February 20, 1918, and was 
sent to Camp Meade, Md., where he was made a corporal in Company C, 
304th Division Sanitary Train, 79th Division. He was transferred to Kelly 
Field, Dallas, Texas, and entered the Aviation Service, where he was made a 
mechanic. While abroad in service he participated in the following battles: 
Sector 304, Meuse-Argonne, Montfaucon, St. Mihiel, and Grande Montagne. 
Corporal Reiter was awarded the Lorraine Cross with the 79th Division, and 
received the Croix de Guerre. He returned to the United States May 28, 1919, 
and was discharged July 14, 1919. 

RIBBLE, DAVID W., enlisted in the Navy, and saw service on board the 
U. S. S. Houston. 

RICHTER, H. H., joined the Medical Reserve Ambulance Corps, was 
transferred to a Princeton Section and served with Section 23, Battalion 23, 
American Ambulance Corps, in France. 

RIEBE, LEONARD W., enlisted in July, 1918, went to Lehigh Univer- 
sity for a special course in railroad construction, and with ninety-six other 
men was sent to Camp Greene, N. C, for training as sergeants to serve with 
Negro troops. Riebe acted as mess sergeant of Company A, and as quarter- 
master sergeant equipping the men for movement overseas. With the grade 
of sergeant, he served for ten months overseas with the Railroad Trans- 
portation Corps. 

ROSS, HUGH, JR., enlisted at Erie, Pa., April 4, 1918, and went to Camp 
Lee, Va., where he was assigned to the Machine Gun Company of the 318th 
Infantry, 80th Division. He sailed for France May 22, and after arrival 
he trained for two months in northern France with the British forces. 
His first active service was in the Allied drive which began September 
26, 1918. After this action Ross was made corporal and sent to a Casual 
School at Chattillon-sur-Seine, then returned to his company on Novem- 
ber 1, in time to see service in the decisive offensive of the war. After 
the armistice Corporal Ross spent six weeks in the American Expeditionary 
Force University at Beaune, returned to the United States in May, and was 
discharged at Camp Lee, Va., June 4, 1919. 



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RUBNER, CARL E., enlisted in the Cavalry at Erie, Pa., May 11, 1918, 
was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and there assigned to the Machine Gun Troop, 
315th Cavalry, and transferred to Fort Russell, Wyo. He was sent from here 
to the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky., 
where he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Field Artillery Reserve 
Corps, and on December 11, 1918, was discharged. 

SCHLOTTERE, EDMUND L., enlisted and after spending a week at 
Fort Slocum, N. Y., he was transferred to Camp Taylor in the Field Artillery. 
He was made a corporal and was discharged from the service December 17, 
1918. 

SEWARD, BURTON F., enlisted May 31, 1918, at Paris Island, S. C, 
in the U. S. Marine Corps. He was sent to the 5th Separate Battalion, 
Quantico, Va., and from there detailed to Santo Domingo, January 5, 1919. 
He served here with the 44th Company, 3rd Regiment, and engaged in several 
lively skirmishes with bandit troops. Seward returned to the United States 
in September, where he was discharged, on the 10th of the month, at the 
League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. 

*SHANOR, RICHARD BERRIAN, enlisted December 8, 1917, at Fort 
Slocum, N. Y., was sent to Camp Laurel, Del., and there assigned to Com- 
pany E, 23rd Engineers. With this regiment he served overseas until the 
22nd of December, 1918, when he died of heart failure. 

SHOEMAKER, LUTHER K., was inducted into service at Lewisburg, 
Pa., August 26, 1918, sent to Camp Lee, Va., and from there to the Remount 
School, also at Petersburg, Va. Returning to Camp Lee, he was discharged 
on December 21, 1918. 

SHOOP, R. F., trained in the Third Ordnance Course given at State 
College, and was sent to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

SLESNICK, ARCHIE HYMAN, enlisted in the service at Bellefonte, 
Pa., October 30, 1918, and attended the Central Machine Gun Officers' Train- 
ing School, Camp Hancock, Ga. Here he was discharged December 5, 1918. 

SMITH, HARRY O., enlisted in the Artillery, was sent to Columbus 
Barracks, O., and from there to Camp Jackson, S. C. He was promoted from 
private to sergeant, first class, and transferred to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he 
became a candidate in the Field Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps. He was 
commissioned second lieutenant, and sent to Camp Knox, Ky., where he was 
mustered out, November 27, 1918. 

SMITH, HENRY A., enlisted March 18, 1918, at Philadelphia, Pa., with 
the Naval Aviation Construction Unit, stationed at the League Island Navy 
Yard. He sailed for France in May, 1918, and served as chief machinist 
mate, stationed at Pauillac, France, where he worked on the erection of the 
air craft repair factory. He returned to the United States in January of 1919, 
and was discharged at Pelham Bay, N. Y. 

SMITH, THOMAS G., enlisted in the U. S. Army Ambulance Service, 
June 1, 1917, and sailed later with Section 530. In August, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred from Italy to France, where he served with the First American Army 
at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. After his return to the 
United States he was discharged April 26, 1919. 



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SMOZINSKY, E., entered the Medical Reserve Ambulance Corps of 
State College, was transferred to a Harvard section while at Allentown, Pa., 
left Allentown September 7, 1917, and arrived in France September 27, 1917. 
He received a citation by the Belgian Government. 

SNYDER, RICHARD S., enlisted in the Hospital Corps of the U. S. 
Naval Reserve Forces, June 5, 1918, and reported for duty at the U. S. Naval 
Hospital at Philadelphia. He Avas transferred to Galveston, Tex., to the 8th 
Regiment of Marines, for field duty, and from there was sent to the receiving 
ship at New Orleans, La. He was again transferred to the U. S. Navy Hos- 
pital at Gulfport, Miss., and in September, 1919, was released from active duty. 

STOUT, CHARLES E., attended the Coast Artillery Officers' Training 
Camp, Fort Monroe, Va. 

STOVER, RANDALL E., enlisted in the Fourth Ordnance Supply 
Course, State College, Pa., and later entered the army. 

STUART, HOWARD L., was attached to the Quartermaster's Corps, 
Columbus, O., and from there transferred to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C. 
He was sent to the Motor Transport Corps at Camp Holabird, Md., where 
he was acting first sergeant with that Corps. He was discharged March 
20, 1919. 

SULLIVAN, A. G., enlisted April 30, 1917, in the Light Artillery with 
the 1st Battalion, 107th Regiment, stationed at Pittsburgh, Pa., and was sent 
with his regiment to Camp Hancock, Ga. In May, Corporal Sullivan sailed for 
France with Battery B, 107th Regiment, 28th Division, and went into action in 
August on the Marne. On the 15th while in service in the Argonne he was 
made sergeant of hs gun crew. From the Marne Sergeant Sullivan's battery 
was ordered to Belgium, where they went into position beyond Rulers. On 
October 31, they were struck with a high explosive which killed seven 
of the crew and wounded Sergeant Sullivan. He was invalided to Calais, 
and as soon as he could be moved was sent to England, from there to New 
York and then to the United States base hospital at Carlisle, Pa. Later he 
was transferred to Cape May, N. J., and after a very serious operation was 
discharged in December, 1919. 

TAYLOR, HARRY ELLIOTT, enlisted at Columbus Barracks, O., 
February 6, 1918, was transferred to the Air Service training station, Kelly 
Field, Tex., and then assigned to the Balloon Replacement Detachment, No. 8, 
at Camp Morrison, Va. He sailed for France, April 22, 1918, was detailed to 
detached service with the Balloon Repair Depot at Is-sur-Tille, and was then 
transferred to Balloon Wing Company E, in August, 1918. He was appointed 
acting supply sergeant, and on March 6, 1919, sailed for the United States, 
where, at Newport News, Va., he was discharged from the service March 
26, 1919. 

TOMHAVE, ARTHUR E., entered the service June 24, 1918, at Fergus 
Falls, Minn., and reported at Camp Grant, 111. He was a member of the 33rd 
Company, 161st Depot Brigade, until July 23, 1918, at which time he was 
transferred to the Headquarters' Troop, 86th Division. This troop was a 
mounted outfit acting as messengers and orderlies for division headquarters. 
He sailed for overseas September 9, 1918, and was stationed with the head- 



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RICHARD S. SNYDER 




A. G. SULLIVAN 




A. K. lOMIlAX I-: 




JOHN A. DMHOLTZ 




W. S. WARD, JH. 




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quarters troop at St. Andre. After the armistice he was transferred to the 
Headquarters' Company, 33rd Division, to Company D, 331st Infantry, with 
which organization he remained until discharged January 25, 1919. 

THOMAS, CHARLES A., while in France served with the Medical 
Detachment, 314th Infantry. 

THOMAS, FRANK B., entered the Officers' Training Camp, Headquar- 
ters Company, 3rd Provisional Regiment, Camp Hancock, Ga., and was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, Ordnance Department. 

THOMAS, HOWARD D., enlisted October 20, 1917, at Montrose, Pa., 
went to Camp Meade, Md., and was assigned to Company I, 314th Infantry. 
He was commissioned second lieutenant after attending the Officers' Training 
School at this camp. In July he was assigned to the 74th Infantry, at Camp 
Devens, Mass., with which organization he remained until January 29, 1919, 
when he returned to Camp Dix., N. J., and was discharged. 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM L., enlisted in Philadelphia, May 21, 1918, in 
the Coast Artillery Corps, was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from there 
to Fort Caswell, N. C. Here he served with the 2nd Recruiting Company 
and 3rd Company Coast Artillery Corps, with which outfit he drilled on the 
12-inch mortars and the 12-inch rifles. On October 6, as a transfer to Battery 
A, 75th Railroad Artillery, he sailed for France. At Alencon with his company 
he constructed a hospital and in November was detailed to an engineering 
company who were building barracks. In December, 1918, with this company 
he did dock guard at St. Nazaire, on which duty he was taken ill and sent 
to the Camp Hospital No. 11. February 11, 1919, he sailed for the United 
States on a hospital ship, and was immediately taken to the Staten Island 
Hospital, then transferred to the United States General Hospital at Carlisle, 
Pa., where he was discharged May 6, 1919. 

THOMSON, NORMAN B., in November, 1917, enlisted in the Air Serv- 
ice, as flight sergeant, 157th Aero Squadron. He had six months' training in 
English aerodromes ; four months at Canterbury and two months at Oxford. 
He was then attached to the First American Army, France. Prior to his 
enlistment in the Air Service he was social and religious director with the 
United States Marines, Y. M. C. A. He was stationed at Quantico, Va., for 
six months. 

TILLOTSON, JOHN L., enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, 
and served as private, 128th Company. 

TYSON, JOHN D., enlisted in the Students' Army Training Corps, Oc- 
tober 8, 1918, and transferred to Coast Artillery Corps School, Fort Monroe, 
Va., in November. Here he was discharged February 7, 1919, after having 
been commissioned second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps. 

ULLERY, WILLIAM W., enlisted in the Naval Reserve Forces, Phila- 
delphia, on May 23, was sent to Cape May, N. J., and from there transferred to 
the school for ensigns, at the University of Pennsylvania. He was commis- 
sioned ensign, October 8, 1918, and was appointed to the naval communication 
office of the 4th Naval District, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. He 
was released from active service May 27, 1919. 



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UMHOLTZ, JOHN A., enlisted at State College, May 31, 1917, in the 
U. S. Army Ambulance Service, and sailed for Italy June 13, 1918. After two 
months of service on the Italian front he was sent to France, where he 
served with the First Army during the battle of St. Mihiel, and in the 
Argonne. He returned to the United States and was discharged April 26, 
1919, at Camp Dix, N. J. 

VANCE, J. LLOYD, enlisted June 5, 1917, with the 109th Field Hospital, 
103rd Sanitary Train, 28th Division. He was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., 
then to Camp Mills, L. I., and sailed for France May 18, 1918. He returned 
to the United States May 9, 1919, and was discharged from the service. 

VINCENT, NORMAN H., served in the Ordnance Department with 
rank of private. 

WAGENHURST, H. D., was commissioned second lieutenant. Company 
M., 316th Infantry, at Camp Meade, Md. 

WALTER, STERLING C, was inducted into the service June 27, 1918, 
and sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he remained until October 23, 1918. While 
at Camp Lee, he acted as company clerk for 38th Company, 10th Training 
Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, and was made sergeant in Infantry. On 
October 23 he entered the Field Artillery Corps, Officers' Training School at 
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He received his discharge November 29, 1918. 

WARD, W. S., JR., enlisted June 1, 1917, with the Penn State Ambulance 
Unit No. 529. January 9, 1918, he was transferred to Section 535 of the 
University of Florida, and with them sailed for overseas service. He was 
attached to the French Army from April, 1917, to April, 1918, and saw action 
in the following engagements : Montdidier ofifensive, Soissons offensive, Oise- 
Aisne and the Champagne offensives. After the armistice he went with the 
French Army of Occupation into Alsace and Lorraine. With the other mem- 
bers of his section he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for work in the 
Champagne offensive. He returned to the United States in May, 1919, and 
was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

WARING, JAMES HOWARD, went to Camp Lee, Va., September 22, 
1917, where he was assigned to the 17tli Company, 5th Training Battalion of 
the Depot Brigade. He was appointed a permanent training officer to remain 
at Camp Lee, and was promoted to second lieutenant. . In July he was trans- 
ferred to Infantry Replacement Troops, and a few months later was detached 
to the 3rd Battalion. He Avas discharged at Camp Lee, November 20, 1918. 

WARNER, MORRIS T., attended the Central Officers' Training School, 
Camp Gordon, Ga., where he was commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry. 
In January of 1919 he was discharged as a second lieutenant in the Infantry 
Reserve Corps. 

WAY, CHARLES A., went to Machine Gun School for Officers, Camp 
Hancock, Ga. 

WEEKS, GLEN R., was seaman, second class, 1st Company, 1st Regi- 
ment, Main Camp, Pelham Gay Naval Camp, N. Y. 

WESTERMAN, RALPH, enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course 
at State College, and was sent to Big Point Ordnance Depot, Big Point, Va. 



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WETZEL, WILLIAM S., was inducted into service at Indiana, Pa., 
assigned to the 52nd Company, 13th Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp 
Lee, Va., and in June was transferred to the Infantry Replacement Medical 
Detachment in the same camp. In July he was transferred to the 7th Com- 
pany, 3rd Battalion, in the Central Officers' Training School at Camp Lee, was 
here commissioned second lieutenant. Infantry,, and sent to Camp Dix, N. J., 
assigned to the 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade. After the 
armistice he was transferred to the receiving detachment, Camp Dix, and 
during the winter was employed in the discharge office. June 12, 1919, he 
was commissioned second lieutenant in the U. S. Reserve Force and was 
discharged. 

WHEATON, HENRY C, enlisted at Camp Lee, Va., August 27, 1918, 
assigned to Company 5, 2nd Training Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade. He 
was then transferred to Company 2, Casualty Detachment, same brigade, and 
later was sent to Camp Humphreys, Va., to the school for non-commissioned 
officers. From here he was successively transferred to Company F, 2nd Engi- 
neers' Training Regiment, to the Mechanical School Portable Shops, to the 
554th Engineers' Service Battalion, and to Company D, of the 2nd Engineers' 
Training Reserve, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

WHITE, LEWIS E., entered the service at State College January 30, 
1918, in the Ordnance Supply Course, and was transferred to the Rock Island 
Arsenal, 111., in March. From here he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., 
assigned to Headquarters' Company, Ordnance Supply School, and later de- 
tailed for duty as first clerk at Regimental Headquarters. On June 5, 1918, he 
was promoted to sergeant of ordnance and assigned as instructor in material 
in the Ordnance Supply School. In July, 1918, he was assigned to a special 
training company at the Officers' Training School, and in September was 
detailed as instructor in English to illiterates. September 15, 1918, he was 
promoted to ordnance sergeant and assigned as military instructor to the 2nd 
Company of the Replacement Battalion, Ordnance Training Camp. He was 
transferred in October to Camp Amatol, N. J., where he served as secretary 
to the camp commander until he was discharged March 31, 1919. In Decem- 
ber, 1919, he received his commission as second lieutenant Ordnance Reserve 
Corps. 

WHITE, THOMAS NORMAN, enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Supply 
Course at State College, and went to the Ordnance Training School, Rock 
Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. 

WHITEMAN, WALTER S., enlisted in the Penn State Unit, U. S. Army 
Ambulance Corps, June 1, 1917, and after training at Allentown, Pa., was 
transferred to Section 530. With this section he served for two months in 
Italy and then was transferred to France to the First American Army. He 
returned in April, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. 

*ZAHNISER, NORMAN M., enlisted at the end of his freshman year, 
went to France with Company K, 110th Infantry, and was killed in action, 
July 29, 1918. The following is a report made by the supply sergeant of his 
company : 

"Norman was one of a squad of crack machine gunners. They were 
ordered to go to Grimpettes woods to dig themselves in and stay in. They 
had crossed the Ourcq river and were going up the hill through a wheat 



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NORMAN M. ZAHNISEB 




ROBERT V MICHAEL 




GRIFFITH ASPLUNDH 





B. B. OVEEDOKP 




S. N. TEACHER 



CHARLES J. COOPER 



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field to the woods and a nest of machine gunners were in the trees and shot 
down on them. All were killed except one. There were eight in the squad. 
Norman was hit on the temple, and death was instantaneous. Norman and 
forty-one of his comrades, members of Company K, 110th Regiment, were 
buried on the edge of Grimpettes woods, about eight miles from Chateau 
Thierry." 

TRANSFERRED FROM S. A. T. C. TO CAMP. 

The following men of the Class of 1920 were inducted into the Students' 
Army Training Corps at the College in September, 1918, and within less than 
a month later was transferred to the Infantry School at Camp Gordon, 
Georgia, where they remained until after the armistice : 

Brown, John W. Kuhl, Wilfred S. 

Brownmiller, Arlan J. Jackson, Frederick D. 

Christman, Oliver L. McFarland, Charles H. 

Evans, Raymond N. Milson, John W. 

Hooks, George M. Spangler, Clyde M. 

Kenworthy, Oswald E. Spangler, John H. 

1921 

ASPLUNDH, GRIFFITH, entered the service December 14, 1917, and 
was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga. He sailed for France May 19, 1918, and 
landed overseas May 31, 1918. After training under the English in France 
for a month, Asplundh participated in the following engagements : Chateau- 
Thierry, fifth German offensive, advance on the Ourcq and Vesle, Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, and the Thiacourt sector. Asplundh returned to the 
United States April 30, 1919, and was discharged May 16, 1919. He was a 
corporal in Company B, 103rd Engineers. 

BAKER, LAWRENCE W., served as corporal, Medical Corps, United 
States Army. 

BARTILSON, THOMAS H., enlisted in the Field Artillery at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., in July, 1918, and was transferred to Columbus Barracks, O. He 
was then transferred to Battery A, 4th Battalion, Field Artillery Reserve 
Depot, Camp Taylor, Ky., and then to the radio training school at the 
University of Texas, Austin, Tex., completing the course at Ellington Field, 
Olcott, Tex. He was assigned to the 26th Field Artillery, 9th Division, Camp 
McClellan, Ala., as radio operator, and was discharged in February, 1919. 

BENTZ, H. M., attended the Officers' Training School for machine gun- 
ners, at Camp Hancock, Ga. 

BROOKS, GEORGE D., enlisted in the Air Service, May 16, 1918, at 
Philadelphia, Pa., and was sent to Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. In August 
of 1918 he was sent to Langley Field, Va., where he was attached to the 29th 
Construction Company, Department of Military Aeronautics, and promoted to 
the rank of sergeant, first class. Brooks was discharged at this camp on 
December 22, 1918. 

CAMPBELL, GEORGE R., enlisted in the Signal Corps during the sum- 
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in the class of 1921, and continued until November 8, 1917, when he was 
sent to Camp Meade, Md. Here he was assigned to the 324th Field Signal 
Battalion, and served as corporal radio operator. After a year's training in 
liaison, the 324th moved to the point of embarkation for overseas duty. The 
armistice, however, prevented the overseas' voyage, and in January 25, 1919, 
the battalion was demobilized, and Campbell received his discharge from the 
service. 

COOPER, CHARLES J., enlisted in the Regular Army, January 7, 1918, 
at Fort Thomas, Ky. He was assigned to Company 3, 1st Corps, Artillery 
Park, Camp Jackson, S. C, and appointed corporal in March, 1918. He 
landed in France on Decoration day, 1918, and served as ammunition driver 
in four major operations, including Chateau Thierry and the Meuse-Argonne 
oftensive, and seven months with the Army of Occupation, sailing for the 
United States in the last week of July, 1919. 

DAVIS, JAMES B., enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force and was as- 
signed to Company 7, Naval Training Station, Gulfport, Miss. 

DIETRICK, LEANDER B., served as a private. Supply Company 311, 
Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force. 

ENGLE, J. HAROLD, enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Course at State 
College, and later re-enlisted, being sent to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, 
Ohio. On March 21, 1918, he left Columbus for Rock Island Arsenal, Rock 
Island, 111., where he completed the stores' course. He was then trans- 
ferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and assigned to the 3rd Company, 6th Pro- 
visional Ordnance Depot Battalion, 1st Provisional Regiment. Engle left 
for overseas on September 1, 1918. After reaching France on September 
15, 1918, he was transferred to the Advance Ordnance depot No. 1, at Is-sur- 
Tille. On January 2, 1919, he was transferred to Base Ordnance Depot No. 4, 
at St. Sulpice in the Bordeaux district. Engle was sent on special duty to 
Coblenz, Germany, and returned via Belgium. He returned to the United 
States August 26, 1919, and was discharged September 3, 1919. 

ESTERLY, PAUL HENRY, enlisted April 18, 1917, in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force, and was stationed for a year as storekeeper at League Island 
Navy Yard, and at Pier No. 19, Philadelphia, Pa. He was transferred to the 
Naval Flying Corps, and sent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Cambridge, Mass. After graduating as ensign he was sent to Goodyear 
Flying Field, Akron, O., where he qualified as lighter-than-air pilot. Ensign 
Esterly was then transferred to Rockaway Beach, L. I. 

EVANS, DANIEL W., enlisted July 27, 1918, in Marine Corps at Paris 
Island Training Station, and transferred to Ouantico, Va., in September, 1918, 
and sailed for overseas service October 16, 1918. From November 3, 1918, 
until July 13, 1919, Evans did guard and convoy duty at the Gievres Interme- 
diate Supply Depot. He returned to the United States August 6, 1919, and was 
discharged at the Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., August 11, 
1919. 

GANS, FRED WILLIAM, was accepted in U. S. Marine Corps at Pitts- 
burgh, August 6, 1918, and trained at Paris Island, S. C. He was assigned to 
Company D, 9th Separate Battalion, and left Quantico, Va., for overseas 



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KOIIEET 0. MeliAX 




R. E. SCHEIDEMANTEL 




J. H. ENGLB 




D. W. EVANS 





GEORGE A. GOODLING 




I.. W. KRIEGBR 



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October 27, 1918. Upon arrival in France he was transferred to Company A, 
Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Brigade, and served continuously with this 
organization and returned with it to the United States August 8, 1919. He 
was discharged August 13, 1919. 

GOODLING, GEORGE A., in April, 1918, enlisted in the U. S. Naval 
Reserve Force, and was sent to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. J., for 
general service as seaman, second class. In September, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred by the Fourth Naval District to the Naval Unit of the Student Army 
Training Corps. He was discharged in December, 1919. 

GREGG, JOHN I., JR., went to West Point Military Academy, West 
Point, N. Y. 

GRUBB, ROLAND S., enlisted in the Seventh Ordnance Supply Course, 
State College, Pa., and later went to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he was pro- 
moted to sergeant, and military instructor in Headquarters' Company, 3rd 
Provisional Regiment. 

HAAG, C. M., enlisted at Bellefonte, Pa., October 31, 1918, and was sent 
to the Central Machine Gun Officers' Training Camp, Camp Hancock, Ga. 
Here he remained until discharged, December 5, 1918. 

HAMBRY, FRED BURT, enlisted in the Sixth Ordnance Supply Course 
at State College, Pa., in April, 1918, and was sent to the Ordnance Training 
School, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., and in June, 1918, to Camp 
Hancock, Ga., where he was stationed with the 1st Company, 5th Battalion. 

JENNINGS, FREDERICK W., was a student in the Machine Gun 
Officers' Training School, Camp Hancock, Ga. 

KIMERER, JOHN V., went to the Officers' Training Camp, at Platts- 
burg, N. Y., where he was commissioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, 
and was sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., September 26, 1918. He was 
discharged from service December 20, 1918. 

KRIEGER, LEWIS W., entered the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, May 6, 
1918, and was sent to Norfolk, Va., where he entered the service as seaman, 
second class. Later he was sent to the Officers' Marine School at Naval Base, 
Hampton Roads, Va., where he was commissioned ensign. He was placed 
on the inactive list December 25, 1919. 

LEWIS, CLARENCE E., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, 
Class 4, for general service as seaman, second class. 

LONG, PERRY HUDSON, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, 
and went overseas on Submarine Chaser No. 212, in September, 1918. He 
returned in April, 1919, and was discharged from service. 

McCOLLUM, STANLEY C, on July 6, 1918, enlisted in the service, and 
was attached to 5th Casual Company, 2nd Regiment, Camp Hancock, Ga. In 
August, 1918, he was transferred to the 2nd Regiment, Ordnance Training 
Camp, and in February, 1919, was promoted to sergeant. 



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MAXEY, PAUL HAROLD, while in the military service was made cor- 
poral in Company C, 313th Battalion, Tank Corps, and served with this unit 
in France. 

MICHAEL, ROBERT C, was called into service April 29, 1918, and 
was a member of a permanent training unit. He was promoted to corporal, 
then to sergeant, and placed with the 25th Company, 9th Training Battalion, 
ISSth Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Va. In September, 1918, he entered the 
Central Officers' Training School at Camp Lee, and was discharged November 
23, 1918. Michael was physical director of the 29th Company, 4th Battalion. 

MOORE, J. B., served as a sergeant of Engineers, at Camp Forrest, Ga. 

O'BRIEN, EDWARD JAMES, JR., served as a private, U. S. Marine 
Corps with the 5th Brigade, Machine Gun Battalion, in France. 

OVERDORF, ELLIOT E., enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., August 6, 1918, 
and was commissioned second lieutenant of Infantry September 16. On Sep- 
tember 26 Lieut. Overdorf was sent to Cornell University where he was put 
in command of Company A, Section B, (Vocational Section) of the Students' 
Army Training Corps. The armistice was signed before the training was 
completed and in December, Lieutenant Overdorf was discharged from the 
service. 

PATTERSON, JOHN K., enlisted in the Medical Corps of the Regular 
Army, at Altoona, Pa., and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, June 6, 1918. 
In July he was transferred to Base Hospital Unit 134, at Camp Wadsworth, 
S. C., as ambulance driver. Here he was promoted to sergeant, and after the 
armistice, was transferred to Hot Springs, N. C, where he served until Jan- 
uary 2, 1919, when he was discharged. 

RABER, CHARLES T., was inducted into the service and sent to Wash- 
ington Barracks, Washington, D. C. He was attached to Company F, 1st 
Replacement Engineers, where he remained until June 3, 1918, when he was 
transferred to Camp Leach, American University, Washington, D. C. On 
June 10 he was sent back to Washington Barracks until July 1, when, with 
forty-nine other men, he was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J. On July 9 the outfit 
boarded the French ship, Lutetia, for France, and landed at Brest a week later. 
They were detailed to work in a cement plant to manufacture cement for 
American Expeditionary Force. Raber was appointed assistant chemist, on 
October 1 was made corporal, and in November, sergeant. 

ROBB, CHAUNCEY R., was inducted into the service, September 14, 
1918, and was assigned to 8th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort DuPont, 
Del. He was transferred to Battery C, 7th Trench Mortar Battalion, and 
sailed for France October 31, 1918. He arrived at Brest November 9, and was 
stationed at Vitrey, France, for a few weeks. He sailed for the United States, 
December 26, 1918, and arrived at Newport News, Va., January 7, 1919. He 
was discharged January 15, 1919. 

ROBERTS, DAVID G., enlisted January 10, 1918, and was sent to Fort 
Thomas, Ky. Two weeks later he was transferred to Fort Sam Houston, 
San Antonio, Tex., where he was assigned to Troop M, 6th Cavalry. He 



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W. E, T. SMITH 




H. F. WEST 




J. F. WHITWORTH. JR. 





DAVID E. CHAMBERS 




H. D. HAYWAED 



H. O. WILCOX 



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left Camp Merritt, N. J., and sailed for France March 16, 1918. After reaching 
Le Havre, on March 31, 1918, the 6th Cavalry entrained for Bordeaux. Here 
the regiment was broken up and sent to different parts of France. Troop M 
was stationed near Bordeaux, at Camp Hunt and Artillery replacement camp, 
and then assigned to the town of La Teste to do military police duty for two 
months. Roberts became a candidate in the Infantry training school at Champ 
de La Valbonne. In January, 1919, he rejoined Troop M, 6th Cavalry, at 
Gieves. He returned to the United States on June 29, 1919, and was dis- 
charged July 3, 1919. 

SAYFORD, HOWARD A., enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., about July 15, 
1918, and received his commission as second lieutenant of infantry on Sep- 
tember 16, when he was immediately transferred to Camp Grant, 111., and 
assigned to the 161st Depot Brigade. Later he was placed in the overseas 
officers' school. His discharge was effected on December 3, 1918. 

SHEPHERD, GEORGE ROBBINS, enlisted in 1918 in the service and 
attended the Central Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, Ky., where 
he was assigned to the Field Artillery. 

SHULTZ, WILLIAM CAREY, was a candidate for commission in the 
Students' Army Training Corps, Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, N. Y. 

SMITH, LEWIS R., entered the service August 14, 1918, at the U. S. 
Army Training Depot at Easton, Pa. He was transferred on October 7, 1918, 
to the Coast Artillery Corps, and stationed at Fort Totten, L. I. From Oc- 
tober 15 to December 8, 1918, he was stationed at Camp Eustis, Va., when he 
was discharged. 

SMITH, W. ELLIOTT T., enlisted in the Navy at State College on 
March 10, 1918, and reported in May to Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, 
N. J. Upon the completion of his training, he was detailed to Philadelphia, 
where he was raised to machinists' mate, second class, and later to chief 
machinists' mate. He was then ordered to Pelham Bay. After six weeks 
of training he was transferred to Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., where 
he attained the rank of warrant machinist. He was then detailed to the 
U. S. S. West Cohas in the overseas' transportation service. Before being 
released Smith was commissioned ensign. 

SMITH, PRATT H., enlisted in the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course at 
Penn State. 

SPURR, EDWARD B., enlisted in the Aviation Corps, and was trans- 
ferred some months later to the Engineering Corps. He was made corporal, 
29th Engineers, and while in France was engaged in sound and flash work. 

STROCK, RALPH LEE, enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, 
Class 4, for general service as seaman, second class, and September 19, 1918, 
was transferred to the Students' Army Training Corps, State College. 

_ TEXTER, ARTHUR F., was attached to Headquarters' Company, Bat- 
talion 3, 20th U. S. Engineers (Forestry), and served with this unit in France. 

THACHER, SAMUEL N., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force at 
State College March 16, 1918, and was given the rating of seaman, second 



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class. He was called into active service in June, 1918, and sent to Wissahickon 
Barracks, Cape May, N. J., for training. After the completion of his training 
he was placed second in command of a company as chief of section. On 
September 25, 1918, he was transferred to the Officers' Material School, Fourth 
Naval District, at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He was 
graduated from this school on January 15, 1919, and transferred to Cape May 
Section Base for sea service. After spending several months at sea on the 
U. S. S. Chaser 427, during which time he made several trips along the coast, 
he was transferred to the section base and given the commission of ensign, 
on April 23, 1919. He was discharged from the service several weeks later. 

WALTER, EDMUND D., enlisted in the U. S. Marines May 4, 1918, and 
was sent to Marine Barracks, Paris Island, S. C, where he trained with the 
68th Company. On July 2, 1918, he was transferred to Headquarters' Com- 
pany, 13th Regiment (Marines), Quantico, Va. While in France Walter 
served as a runner for the 13th Regiment, and also qualified as a sharpshooter. 
He received his discharge August 13, 1919. 

WATSON, CLARENCE C, in January, 1919, was commissioned second 
lieutenant. Heavy Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

WEST, HERBERT F., enlisted in the Heavy Coast Artillery Corps May 
29, 1918, and was promoted to corporal. Regimental Headquarters' Detach- 
ment, 40th Brigade, 73rd Artillery. He sailed for France September 25, 1918, 
and arrived on October 12, 1918. After training at the French Artillery 
.School at Mailly, West was promoted to sergeant electrician in the telephone 
squad. He returned to the United States December 15, and was discharged 
December 31, 1918. 

WHITWORTH, JOHN FORD, JR., enlisted in the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, July 22, 1918, and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. 
On August 1, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., and assigned to 
Company 3, 1st Ordnance Regiment. The latter part of August, 1918, he was 
transferred to Camp Merritt, N. J. Whitworth sailed for France September 
1, 1918. and arrived at La Havre September 20, 1918. He was transferred 
to the Ordnance Armament School on the west coast of France near St. Jean 
des Monts, where he pursued a course in machine guns, bombing, and 
synchronizing. Later he was transferred from the Ordnance Department to 
the Aviation Service, and made instructor in machine guns. Before the 
armistice was signed he was appointed first class sergeant. Sergeant Whit- 
worth sailed for the United States Januarj^ 10, 1919, and in this country was 
discharged, March 12, 1919. 

WILCOX, HARRY O., enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, June 
3, 1918, and trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 111. He was 
then sent to the receiving ship at Brooklyn, N. Y., for sea duty, but upon 
the signing of the armistice was sent back to Great Lakes. From here, in 
January, 1919, he was transferred to the naval base at Hampton Roads, Va., 
and was detailed to duty aboard the U. S. S. Hancock, a transport. Wilcox 
was released from active duty at Philadelphia, May 29, 1919. 

TRANSFERRED TO CAMPS. 

The following men of the Class of 1921 were inducted into the Students' 
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a month later were transferred to the camps named below where they re- 
mained until after the armistice : 



INFANTRY SCHOOL, CAMP GORDON, GA. 



Bland, George E. 
Calvert, Donald E. 
Chambers, David E. 
Clark, John I. 
Davis, Willard J. 
Donovan, James M. 
Freeh, Alexander D. 
Gibson, Allen M. 
Gregg, John I. 
Greenawalt, Samuel L. 
Gross, Lawrence S. 
Guthrie, Aaron S. 
Hayes, Norman D 



Hayward, Harold D. 
Kevin, Robert O., Jr. 
Lawrie, Joseph L. 
Lewis, Paul E. 
McDaniel, Robert C. 
MacKenzie, Joseph B. 
Maucher, William L. 
Melusky, Leo S. 
Seltzer, William W. 
Shaw, William J., 3rd 
Scheidemantel, Ralph E. 
Snyder, Adolph M. 
Taylor, Samuel H., Jr. 
Walter, Charles P. 



MACHINE GUN SCHOOL, CAMP HANCOCK, GA. 
Gehring, William C. Romig, John L. 

1922 

ARMES, MONROE J., was inducted into the service September 3, 1918, 
and sent to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. He sailed for France October 6, 1918, and 
arrived at Brest October 22, 1918. He served for six months as a private in 
the Medical Corps at Base Hospital No. 115. He returned to the United 
States in April, 1919, and was discharged May 5, 1919. 

HESS, NORMAN F., enlisted December 8, 1917, at Harrisburg, Pa., and 
went to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, where he was assigned to the 608th Aero 
Supply Squadron, 1st Training Brigade, and sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, 
Texas. Hess was transferred several times : to the Flying Field, San Antonio, 
to Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas, to Camp Greene, N. C, and to Camp 
Morrison, Newport News, Va. Here he attended the United States Army 
Balloon School, with the 21st Company, and was discharged in December, 
1918. 

LICHTENWALLNER, MILTON H., enlisted at Reading, Pa., August 
3, 1918, was assigned to Base Hospital 127, and sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 
where he was appointed sergeant, first class, November 1, 1918. He was sent 
to Camp McClellan, Ala., and on January 3, 1919, was discharged from service. 

PETERSON, CARL I., enlisted July 25, 1917, in the 10th Regiment 
(Engineers). After spending a month at Fort Slocum, N. Y., he was sent 
to Camp American University, Washington, D. C, where he remained until 
the regiment sailed for overseas duty on September 10, 1917. The 10th Regi- 
ment served in France until January, 1919. Peterson returned to the United 
States, February 9, 1919, and was discharged March 1, 1919. 



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SHULTZ, W. W., served as seaman in the United States Naval Reserve 
Corps, in transport service. 

WHETSTONE, STANLEY L., enlisted June 8, 1917, in the Regular 
Army. He became a member of the U. S. Army Ambulance Corps at Selins- 
grove. Pa., and was attached to Susquehanna Unit, Section 74, which later be- 
came officially known as Section 574, U. S. Army Ambulance Service. Section 
574 sailed for overseas January 9, 1918, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, 
February 3, 1918. This section started for the front on March 3, 1918, driving 
cars, and went into the lines with the French 5th Division in the Champagne 
sector. On April 29, 1918, Whetstone was attached to the 6th Division in 
the same sector. The division on June 17, 1918, moved to a reserve position 
at Magneville, in the rear of Chateau Thierry, and later into the Oise sector 
at Estrees St. Denis. The first attack that the 6th Division participated in 
was in the Oise sector, beginning August 10 and continuing until August 28, 
1918, when relieved. On September 8, 1918, the 6th Divsion relieved the 
American 28th Division and moved its lines across the Aisne. 

After the signing of the armistice. Section 574 was with the Army of 
Occupation and was located at Homburg until April 18, when it received 
orders to return to the base camp at Ferriers, and from there to Brest. This 
section was mustered out of service at Camp Dix, N. J., on June 28, 1919. 

WILSON, ARTHUR D., was inducted into the service October 7, 1917, 
and sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to the 54th Company, 
155th Depot Brigade. He was appointed corporal on January 1, 1918, and 
assigned to special duty at the 80th Division School of Arms. Later Corporal 
Wilson was assigned to the 18th Company, ISSth Battalion. On May 18, 
1918, he was transferred to the Fourth Officers' Training Camp at Camp 
Sevier, S. C, and then to the Fourth Officers' Training Camp at Camp 
Jackson, S. C. On June 29, 1918, he was transferred to the Field Artillery 
Central Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Field Artillery, August 31, 1918. Lieutenant 
Wilson was assigned later to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp 
Jackson. He was discharged December 7, 1918. 

TRANSFERRED TO CAMPS. 

The following men of the Class of 1922 were inducted into the Students' 
Army Training Corps at the College in September, 1918, and within less 
than a month later were transferred to the Infantry School at Camp Gordon, 
Georgia, where they remained until after the armistice: 

Cromis, Charles E. Loudermilch, Allan B. 

Hansmann, Elwood Meadows, Anderson D. 



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Troops on Review, Camp Lee, Va. 



(Courtesy C. P. Fague, '18) 




RC\eHEs \T 1 oRT Niagara, N. Y 



(Courte-iy C P Fague, '18) 



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Target Practice, First Training Camp, 
Ft. Monroe, Va. 

(3-Inch B.irbette Mount Coast Gun) 

(Courtesy H. D. Largey, '18) 




U. S. Yacht Rambler Showing Cannon 
and Depth Bombs 

(Courtesy J, R. Sweeney, '17) 




U. S. S. Troy, Brest 



(Courtesy L. A. Spencer, '18) 



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ClI \1L\I \1 Pi L^I 




Mine S\\ eepers at Work 

(Courtesy T L Entwisle, '16) 





Transport 



Conveying Troops to the 
Transports 



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American PLWLb — IwuvTed 'Y" Flying Formmion 

tCouittei H. F. Porlel, 'U) 




12-Inch 50 Calibre Sliding Railway Mount 

(Tbis Kuilway Mount carries the huge 12-incb 50 calibre gun capable of bring a 750 lb. projectile 28 miles) 

(Courtesy B. D. Campbell, '03) 



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House Near Montfaucon Occupied for a Time by the Former German Crow n Prince 

(Courtesy Max Fleming, *16) 




8-Inch Railway Mount 

ed 8 iuih searuiist rifle, designed for use on both the American and French Railways) 

(Courtesy E. D. Campbell, '03) 



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Pill Box. Concrete Emplacement for Machine Guns 

(Courtesy Mas Fleming, 'IG) 




Barbed Wire, Argon ne Sector 



(Courtesy H. F. Bucher, '16) 



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German Prisoners Captured in Argonne by the 28th Div. 

(Signal Corps Photograph) 




Belgian Siege Cannon — Caitured From the Fort at Namur, August, 1914, by the 
Germans and Converted by Them Into a Mobile Field Piece 

(Captured by the 315th Infantry, 79th Div., November 10, 1918) 

(Courtesy F. H. Lucas, 



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FACULTY 

ADAMS, JAMES F., was in the National Army. 

AHRENDS, A. E., was called from his post at the College at the outbreak 
of hostilities, to join the Regular Army. He went to Camp Jackson, Colum- 
bia, S. C, where he became major and adjutant, 81st Division. 

ALLEN, M. C, was called away from the College to active duty during 
the summer of 1917. He went to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he was 
stationed for some time. Later he was advanced to lieutenant and went 



ARMSBY, DR. H. P., went to France, as a representative of the United 
States, with the Inter-Allied Scientific Food Commission. When it became 
evident that a supply of food from the United States and Canada was essential 
to enable the Allies to continue the struggle against the Central Powers, the 
question of a fair distribution of this food arose at once among the several na- 
tions. It was to aid in the solution of this question that there was formed the 
Inter-Allied Scientific Food Commission. Appointed a member of this com- 
mission Dr. Armsby sailed from New York Oct. 24, 1918, and landed in 
Bordeaux one week before the signing of the armistice. Meetings of the 
commission were held during December in Italy at Rome and Naples. The 
commission discussed the question of revictualing the recovered and liberated 
territories — the north of France, Belgium, Dalmatia, Fiume, etc., as well as 
the problem of the reconstitution of the depleted flocks and herds of France 
and Italy in particular. The commission was very much gratified by the 
courtesies which the Italian government extended to it. All the foreign 
delegates were made the guests of the government, which paid all expenses 
and provided various excursions to Pompeii, Vesuvius, Baisa, etc., making 
everything as pleasant as possible. 

The commission made its report to Herbert Hoover, in Paris. Dr. Arms- 
by returned home in January, 1919. 

BEAM, A. LELAND, was granted an indefinite leave from Penn State on 
January 1, 1918, in order to enter the service. He enlisted in the Third 
Officers' Training Camp, Camp Dix, N. J., January 5, 1918, and was assigned 
to 312th Infantry until transferred to Camp Lee, Va., where he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant. Infantry, June 1, 1918. He was then assigned 
to the 347th Infantry, and sailed from Montreal August 23, 1918. While 
overseas he was stationed at Gievres, France, until the 87th Division returned 
to the United States. He was then transferred to the 41st Replacement 
Division, and finally assigned to the 310th Infantry, 78th Division. Lieu- 
tenant Beam sailed from Bordeaux May 11, 1919, and was discharged at Camp 
Lee, Va., May 26, 1919. 

BOWMAN, E. M., took the Fourth Ordnance Supply Course at Penn 
State and then went to the Ordnance Training Camp at Camp Hancock, Ga. 
He served with Headquarters' Company, 3rd Provisional Regiment, and later, 
becoming an instructor in this regiment, was promoted to sergeant. 

BRYANS, A. E., served as a first lieutenant with Company D, 304th 
Engineers, in the American Expeditionary Forces. 



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CARVER, GEORGE WILLIAM, went to Camp Lee, Va., where he 
joined Company F, 56th Pioneer Infantry. He served with this unit overseas. 

GATES, SAMUEL, took ground school work at the Massachusetts In- 
stitute of Technology. He was transferred to the Navigation Department 
and sent to Boston to instruct. He was commissioned ensign. 

CHANDLEE, GROVER CLEVELAND, served as a first lieutenant in 
the Chemical Section, General Stafif Corps, American Expeditionary Forces. 

CHURCH, DR. F. C, did personal work with the Y. M. C. A. 

COLE, WILLIAM H., enlisted in the Medical Corps, December 14, 1917, 
and was stationed at the U. S. Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, in 
the typhoid vaccine laboratory. He was made corporal in June, 1918, and 
sergeant in July, 1918. He was discharged August 16, 1919. 

CROWELL, JAMES W., volunteered for overseas' work with the Y. M. 
C. A., and was first stationed at Camp Logan, Tex., from November, 1917, to 
May, 1918. He went to Italy in July, 1918. While under fire during the 
Italian final offensive on the Asiago Plateau, Crowell was awarded the Italian 
War Cross. During this offensive, Crowell, though wounded, continued with 
the troops while the battle was in full sway. He remained in Italy for a year, 
and was made Regional Director of the Brescia Region in northern Italy, 
and worked with the Italian and French troops. Crowell left Italy in July, 
1919, and was discharged from the service in New York in August, 1919. 

DAVIS, JAMES E., was commissioned second lieutenant. Cavalry, 
August 15, 1917, and joined Company I, 313th Infantry, August 28, 1917. He 
served with this unit in France and was later promoted to captain. He landed 
in France during July, 1918, and after spending some time in the training area 
at Champlitte, near Cray, the company was moved up into the front lines at 
Montfaucon the first part of September, 1918. Captain Davis was in the 
action in the Argonne from September 26 to October, when the regiment 
was relieved. The 313th went back into the lines north of St. Mihiel, on 
October 6. They left this sector on October 27, and marched to Verdun, 
taking position on the Meuse front. On November 6, Captain Davis was in 
the charge which resulted in the capture of Hill 360. 

Captain Davis in one of the attacks was severely gassed. 

DOWST, HENRY, took the Fifth Ordnance Supply Course at Penn State. 
He was later commissioned second lieutenant and sent to the Aberdeen Prov- 
ing Grounds, Aberdeen, Md. He received his discharge in December, 1918. 

DUDLEY, BOYD, JR., entered the service on July 17, 1917, at Wash- 
ington, D. C, with rank of Captain, Ordnance Department. He was stationed 
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from June, 1917, to June, 1918, as army inspector of 
Ordnance in charge of inspection work. He was in charge of the Inspection 
Division, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., from June to December, 
1918, and was superintendent of heavy field cannon. Sea Coast Cannon and 
Metallurgical Departments at Watervliet Arsenal, from December, 1918, to 
September, 1919. On July 3, 1919, he was promoted to the rank of major, 
Ordnance, and was discharged on September 30, 1919. 

FOSTER, IRVING L., was director of French instruction for the 28th 
Division at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., from September 1, 1917, to De- 



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J. W. CROWELL 





C. G. GADM 




E. J. HALL 




W. E. LEWIS 




B. D. WALKER 



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cember 1, 1917. His duties were to aid in the educational program and set up 
the work in French for the whole camp. He was educational secretary for 
the machine gun area at Camp Hancock from May 15 to July, 1918, in charge 
of educational and social work with the units in this area, and was educational 
secretary for the Headquarters' area of the machine gun training center from 
August 1 to September 15, 1918. 

FULMER, H. L., served in the Army. 

GAUM, C. G., was commissioned first lieutenant, Engineer Reserve 
Corps, June 16, 1917, and resigned November 30, 1917. On June 28, 1918, he 
enlisted as a machinist's mate, second class, U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He 
was promoted to chief machinist's mate, then to machinist, and finally to 
ensign. Ensign Gaum was second assistant engineer on U. S. S. Morristown, 
and on U. S. S. Mars, and third assistant engineer on U. S. S. Jason. He 
visited France, England, and Germany, while in the Naval service. On 
February 20, 1920, Ensign Gaum was discharged from the service. 

HALL, ERNEST J., went to Camp Lee, Va., to receive his training. He 
was transferred to the Central Machine Gun Officers' Training Camp at Camp 
Hancock, Ga., and remained there until the close of the war. 

HAM, W. R., served as captain in the Ordnance Department. He was 
located at the Recording and Computing Company, Dayton, Ohio, as an 
inspector. 

HILL, J. BEN., entered Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, N. Y., Train- 
ing Camp, July 19, 1918, as private, serving until September 15, 1918. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant of Infantry, September 16, 1918, and 
detailed to attend the school for the training of personnel officers. He served 
as personnel adjutant at The Pennsylvania State College, and on duty with 
the Committee of Education and Training, being stationed for a period at 
Washington, D. C. He was honorably discharged from the service Decem- 
ber 24, 1918. 

LEWIS, WILLIAM EDWARD, entered the Second Officers' Training 
Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., August 27, 1917, and was commissioned first 
lieutenant, Infantry, November 27, 1917. He reported to Camp Lee, Va., 
December 14, 1917, and was assigned to the Depot Brigade in command of 
the 58th Company, 15th Training Battalion. He was later assigned to the 
94th Company, 24th Training Battalion, and detailed as sanitary and physical 
training officer for the Battalion. On February 5, 1918, he was attached to 
the 37th Company, 10th Training Battalion. On February 14, 1918, he was 
detailed as physical training and hand-to-hand combat instructor to the 80th 
Division, and continued as such with the 37th Division and with the replace- 
ment troops. On August 16, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga., 
and assigned to duty as physical training instructor. On September 13, 1918, 
he was assigned to line duty with the 1st Infantry Replacement Regiment, 
and was in command of Company E, 2nd Battalion, until the date of his 
discharge, January 7, 1919. Lieutenant Lewis was commissioned captain. 
Officers' Reserve Corps, but declined the commission. 

McQUIGG, C. E., was commissioned captain in the Ordnance Reserve, 
June 11, 1917, and entered active service in August of the same year. From 
August to May, 1918, he was stationed at the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company, New Haven, Conn., in charge of inspection of materials and heat 



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treatment. Captain McGuigg then transferred to the Bridgeport Ordnance 
District, with headquarters at Bridgeport, Conn., where he served as metal- 
lurgist. Captain McQuigg was discharged in February, 1919, and commis- 
sioned major in the Ordnance Reserve. 

MARQUARDT, C. E., enlisted for Y. M. C. A. work on June 16, 1918, 
and was stationed at Camp Humphreys, Va., as Social Secretary, later as 
Educational Secretary and was in charge of organization of French Classes 
for officers and men. Marquardt resigned from this work on September 25, 
1918. 

MARTIN, CHARLES W., was appointed by Fosdick Commission in 
May, 1918, as Supervisor of Athletics for the War Department and Y. M. C. A. 
for Long Island, with headquarters at Mineola. In July, 1918, he received 
his commission as First Lieutenant, Air Service, to take charge of physical 
condition of flyers for overseas duty, and was stationed at Research Labora- 
tory at Mineola. In August, in response to request for active service in the 
Flying Corps, Lieutenant Martin was transferred to Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 
for training in flying. In October, he received his rating as Reserve Military 
Aviator and remained at Dallas until April, 1919, when he was transferred for 
training as Pursuit Pilot to Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, and later 
placed in charge of the Forest Patrol. Lieutenant Martin received his dis- 
charge on September 30, 1919, and was re-commissioned as captain in the 
U. S. A. R. S. 

MASON, A. FREEMAN, entered the Vocational Division at The Penn- 
sylvania State College, October 7, 1918, and on November 10, 1918, entered the 
Heavy Artillery, Officers' Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va. He was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, and discharged February 6, 1919. 

MERRILL, DANA KINSMAN, enlisted at Fort Slocum, N. Y., Decem- 
ber 15, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant, August 15, 1918. He 
was instructor in Water Transportation Sections (overseas transport service) 
in Enlisted Men's and Officers' Training Schools, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, 
Fla., from April, 1918, to December, 1918. While at Camp Johnston, Lieu- 
tenant Merrill was assistant to camp adjutant from December, 1918, to 
March, 1919. 

MILLS, G. H., went first to Camp Dix, N. J., and later to the Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md. He was commissioned second lieutenant. 
Ordnance Corps. 

MINSHALL, ROBERT E., received the commission of second lieutenant 
in the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe, Va. 

NESBITT, RUSSELL B., was drafted into limited service August 30, 
1918, and sent to Camp Greene, N. C, where he remained in training until 
November 12, 1918, when he was transferred to Camp Benjamin Harrison, 
Ind., as a private, Engineer Corps. He was discharged December 11, 1918, 
from Company F, 147th Engineers. 

RICE, P. X., enlisted on June 27, 1917, and served with Company B, 
12th Engineers (Railway). He arrived on the British front in August, 1917, 
at Quentin and Cambrai, as corporal. During February, 1918, he was located 
in Paris and attached to the office of the U. S. Director General of Rail- 
ways. Later he was stationed at Chaumont mapping railway lines. From 



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September, 1918, to February, 1919, he was attached to Company C, 15th 
Engineers, and later to the Chief Engineers' Section as chief engineer of 
gas, steam, and water plants during construction and operation. He was 
master engineer, junior grade, at Abainoille Central Shops just before re- 
turning to the United States. He received his discharge April 28, 1919. 

RIDENOUR, HARRY LEE, was in Y. M. C. A. work and was located at 
Camp Upton, N. Y., from April 23, 1918, to August 15, 1919. 

ROBINSON, CLARENCE C, rendered service during the war with the 
Commission on Training Camp Activities. Starting in the latter part of 
October, 1918, he went with the Commission as Army Songleader at Camp 
Upton, N. Y., where he remained until January, 1919, and, along with fourteen 
other songleaders, was transferred to service with the War Camp Community- 
Service. He was stationed at San Francisco, Cal., as the organizer and di- 
rector of community singing in that city, organizing singing units in industral 
plants, department stores, business men's clubs, women's clubs, etc. A.fter 
a necessary period of development, Robinson instituted regular weekly sings 
numbering from twenty-five to thirty-five, which included the Rotary Club, 
Masonic Club, one labor union, seven department stores, etc. Mr. Robinson 
was released from this service in the summer of 1919. 

SACKETT, ROBERT LEMUEL, received a certificate from the War 
Department giving testimony of the services which he rendered during the 
war as follows: 
"To All Concerned, Greeting: 

"Robert L. Sackett, of State College, Pa., has given marked service to the 
United States by acting as a member of the organization of the Committee 
on Education and Special Training, War Plans Division, General Staff, during 
the National Emergency of 1917-1918, and the full appreciation of the Govern- 
ment herewith is expressed. NEWTON D. BAKER, 
Washington, D. C. Secretary of War." 

SCHMIDT, E. W., was in the Aviation Service. 

STRUTHERS, P. H., received his commission at Plattsburg, N. Y., and 
later became attached to the 24th Photo Section as an aerial photographer. 
He was located at the Aero General Supply and Concentration Camp at 
Garden City, L. L 

VAN RIPER, B. W., was in the Y. M. C. A. service in Russia during 
1917 and 1918, and was connected with the United States Army Educational 
Corps, France, during 1918 and 1919. 

VAN RIPER, MRS. B. W., served in France in canteen work during 
1917 and 1918, and was supervisor in Home Service Work, American Red 
Cross, Southern Division, during 1918 and 1919. 

WALKER, ELTON D., was commissioned captain in the Engineer 
Officers' Reserve Corps, March 21, 1917, and was ordered to active duty at 
training camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 8, 1917. He remained there 
until June 11, when he was ordered to report for duty with the 5th U. S. 
Reserve Engineers at East Oakmont, Pa. This regiment was later designated 
as the 15th Engineers. 

On July 9, Captain Walker sailed with his regiment from New York and 
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to Vierzon, Department of Cher. Captain Walker remained there until 
August 17, making a reconnaissance for available sources of water supply for 
the shops later constructed at Mehun-sur-Yevre. 

From September 12 to October 9, 1917, Captain Walker was at Liffol-le- 
Grand, Vosges, later moving to Jonchery to begin construction on the ad- 
vance ammunition depot. In complete charge of water supply and drainage 
he also served for almost a year as liaison officer on all matters over which 
the Department of Fonts and Chaussees had jurisdiction. From July 12, 1918, 
he was in the hospital on sick leave, rejoining his company at Rimaucourt, 
Haute Marne, on September 17. On September 19th, he moved his company 
to Prez-sous-la-Fauce, Haute Marne, and was on hospital construction until 
the end of the month, when he went with his company to Liffol-le-Grand. 
He was also commanding officer of the detachment of the 15th Engineers. 

From October 26 to November 1, he was on duty in the Water Supply 
Service at Tours, going from there to Le Havre in charge of water supply 
and sanitary installations in Base Section No. 4, which included six depart- 
ments in the northwestern part of France. Captan Walker sailed from 
Bordeaux in the early part of January, arriving in the United States, January 
25, 1919, and was given honorable discharge January 30. He was re-commis- 
sioned in the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, October 6, 1919, with the 
rank of major. 

On March 15, 1920, Major Walker was awarded the citation by General 
Pershing "for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the 
15th Railway Engineers at Jonchery and Liffol-le-Grand." 

WATERMAN, E. L., was commissioned first lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, 
on July 27, 1918. He was in training at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., in the School 
of Sanitary Engineering from August 10 to September 10, 1918. From Sep- 
tember 12, 1918, to February 2, 1919, Lieutenant Waterman was camp sani- 
tary engineer at Camp Greene, N. C, and also assistant camp sanitary in- 
spector. From February 3 to August 25, 1919, Lieutenant Waterman was 
camp sanitary engineer at Camp Meade, Md., and was also director of sanitary 
section, Base Hospital Laboratory. He was promoted to captain. Sanitary 
Corps, June 6, 1919, and was discharged from the service August 25, 1919. 

WILDE, EARLE I., received his commission as second lieutenant. 

WOODRUFF, E. G., served as a captain in the Engineer Corps. 

The following Penn State graduates, who were members of the faculty, were 
in the service, and their records will be found listed with their respective classes : 
Ayers, V. L., '16 Hermann, B. M., '12 

Cochrane, D. C, '08 Keller, J. O., '14 

Deering, Arthur, '17 Kepler, E. J., '16 

DiEMER, Hugo, '13 Kressly, M. E., '15 

Edwards, W. G., '14 Light, John J., '15 

Gillespie, W. C, '14 Long, G. S., '14 

Haas, A. R., '13 Matthews, W. H., '16 

Harlow, R. C, '12 Steel, C. B., '13 

The following members of the faculty were in service, but their records have 
not been available : 

Collings, H. T., Miller, J. W. 

Jarrett, H. W. Parsons, S. R. 

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French Twi Ii\ii\ \ii \ck Along 

IHL M \1 \L 

(Courtesy J. E. Sweeney, ' 




Intermediate Supply Depot, Engineers 
GiEVRES, Loir-et-Cher 

(Courtesy P. L. Voss, '07) 




Railway Water Stations 

(Courtesy P. L. Voss, '07) 




Ruins — Chateau Thierry 



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Part of the 28th Div. Waiting for 
THE Rolling Bridge to Swing Across 
THE Canal at St. Nazaire 




Marshall Foch and General Pershing 
(Courtesy J, R. Sweeney, '17) 




American Railway Engineers With One of Their Products in France 

(Courtesy A. C. Worthington, '17) 



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French Tanks Going Into Line 

(Courtesy J. R. Sweeney, '17) 




Training French Red Cross Dogs 




Cootie" Hunt 



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Observation Balloon 



(Courtesy L. A. Spencer, '18) 




5th Field Artillery Going Into Germany 

(Courtesy J. P. iKCuUmli, '17) 



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French Trench MuKiAks i.\ Action 




Field Artillery on the Line 




Wrecked Boche Tank 



(Courtesy Mas Fleming, *16) 



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Part IV 



Sections 529 and ^^o 

United States Army 
Ambulance Service 



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EDITOR'S NOTE. 

The original Penn State Ambulance Unit was the 
unit mustered into service on June 1, 1917, at 3:00 
P. M. in the Armory of the College and known for a 
short time as Penn State Unit No. 18, U. S. Army 
Ambulance Corps. Later this was split into two sec- 
tions, part of the men going into Section 529 and part 
into Section 530. 

Section 529 contained a few more Penn State men 
at the start than Section 530, but it went through the 
War with comparatively few changes in personnel. 
The record of the Section was exceptionally fine, and 
all the members were decorated by the Italian Govern- 
ment with Croce di Guerra for exceptionally meritori- 
ous conduct and extremely valuable services. 

Due to the changes in personnel, not so much has 
become known about Section 530, and the outline of 
the history of this section as given hereafter is one of 
the earliest written — the data being obtained from one 
of the Section reports to the War Department and 
from one of the members. 



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SECTION 529 

United States Army Ambulance Service 

Section 529, United States Army Ambulance Service, had its origin in the 
unit recruited May 31 and June 1, 1917, at The Pennsylvania State College, State 
College, Pa., by First Lieutenant Walter J. Whitehouse, Medical Reserve Corps, 
assisted by Dr. Kennedy, of the College Health Service. The military ceremony 
of "being mustered into the service" took place at 3 :(X) P. M., Friday, the second 
day of enlisting in the College Armory, w^hen fifty-five men, mostly State under- 
graduates, answered roll-call. 

On June 9, these men "proceeded to obey orders" by reporting for duty at 
the Concentration Camp, AUentown, Pa., in charge of Private John C. Herr. 
The unit was for a short time known as Penn State Unit No. 18, U. S. Army 
Ambulance Corps. But in the organization of the corps the unit was divided, 
twenty-five of the men being assigned to Section 30, and the rest to Section 29. 

Later in the summer the latter became Section 529, U. S. Army Ambulance 
Service, and for just a year was under the headquarters of the AUentown camp, 
which was later named Camp Crane. The first two months were filled with out- 
fitting and equipping, with learning the rules of the army game, with getting 
acquainted with military customs, written and unwritten, and with learning the 
soldiers' "divine right of complaint." 

On August 7, as a part of the second group under Major Metcalf, Section 
529 went to Betzwood, Pa., for fifteen days of never-to-be-forgotten hikes around 
Valley Forge and Norristown, of field ambulance practice, of the terrific storm, 
the participation in the movies, and the royal entertainments provided by the 
people of and around Port Kennedy. 

Then came "Fours left," and "Fours right," around the streets of AUentown, 
and the country roads nearby, for nearly two months more, until the time when 
everybody in camp went for a week's hike. Section 529 enjoyed this break in 
the monotony of camp life in footing it to Oakland Park, Martin's Creek, Wind 
Gap, and Broadhead. 

As a result of Dr. Edwin E. Sparks' personal request to the Camp Com- 
mander, the section was given the opportunity of returning to the College and 
assisting the Military Department of the school in the instruction of the cadet 
regiment. The "mere existence" of living, two in a room in the college dormitory, 
and eating at the Track House, while the rest of the Usaacs froze in AUentown, 
lasted from November 19 to January 10, 1918. 

From the time of the return to AUentown until May 14, 1918, the section 
was ostensibly under preparations for duty overseas. The only break was a 
six-day Packard truck ride into Lancaster and Berks counties, as a part of Bat- 
talion VL for the purpose of creating interest in the Third Liberty Loan. 

May 14, 1918, is the memorable date in the history of all the "fighting 
Usaacs" of Italy. It was on that day that the sections forming the Italian 
Contingent of the service, were announced ; and in the excitement, Section 529 
somehow got in this group. June 13, 1918, was the date of embarkation from 
Hoboken, on the Italian liner, Giuseppi Verdi. After an uneventful and uncon- 
voyed fourteen days, the contingent debarked at Genoa, and there established a 
Concentration Camp, to await and prepare for front line service. The Giuseppi 
Verdi stopped at Gibraltar for a day to coal. Members of the Unit there met 
U. S. Naval Reserves on board patrol boats. The men of Section 529 were given 



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Pennsylvania State College Ambulance Unit 

First Row Rear— B. C. Cubbage, H. W. Adams, J. H. Hayes, N. H. Mostetler, R. W HarTev M B 
Shroeder, V. Egbert, P. M. Grant, A. B. Gass, F. M. Weister, B. Henry. -Qiive.v, ax. n. 

Middle Row— R. L. Peters, D. B. Ellicott, P. Atliinson, T. C. Kern, A. W. Stoeltzing, L Grove B M 
Homaa, R. C. Wear, M. H. Biggs, H. C. Jester, R. H. Whiting, H. D. Haslett, B. Burton, D. L. McKay.' 

Front Row— W. R. Duncan, J. W. Morrison, 0. W. Edgett, 0. J. Pierce, K. L. Burgcner, C. R. Beck, S. M. 
" "" " ' C. Herr, T. M. Reed, M. Roderigues, G. H. Dougherty, J. McHugh, P. G. Musser, 



shore leave at Gibraltar, and had the privilege of seeing the greater part of the 
rock. 

Until August 28, 1918, the section remained in the camp at Genoa awaiting 
their turn in the seniority of officers to be sent into active ambulance work. On 
that date the section commander was ordered to the Ambulance Service Base 
at Mantua, and later placed in command of the casuals there, as well as of his 
own section. Part of the section traveled from Genoa to Mantua in groups as 
guards to freight cars and government property. The rest of the section drove 
the motor equipment on September 6. 

On October 6, 1918, the entire section moved to Casella d'Asolo for duty with 
the Italian Army, attached to the Sanitary Headquarters of the Twenty-Seventh 
Army Corps, then a part of the Eighth Italian Field Army. The work, until the 
beginning of the Allied offensive of October 27, was evacuation of advance hos- 
pitals at Caerona, Posmon, and Altivile to the clearing station for sick and 
wounded at Fanzolo. Outposts were later held at Busco and along the Piave 
river below the Montello. 

During the offensive six ambulances worked with the 60th Sanitary Section, 
following the Italian troops along the Piave river, and maintaining temporary 
stations at Villa d'Villa, Bribane, Sedice, Laundreys and Ponte D'Muda, carry- 
ing the patients back to the advance hospitals. The other six cars were busy, first 



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between the dressing stations at Busco, Caerona, and Monte Belluna, and later 
crossing the river, advancing with the 50th Division to Col San Martine, Gambia, 
Miane, Follina, hauling from the points along the way to the rear. At FoUina an 
abandoned Austrian hospital of two hundred and fifty deserted patients was 
evacuated to places where Italian officers could give them the necessary medical 
attention. 

On November 9, accompanying the Italian Army Corps, the section head- 
quarters were moved to Follina. After the signing of the armistice four to six 
cars were kept at Brebano and two at Lago, for duty with medical detachments 
at these places. The two cars stationed at Lago were afterwards transferred 
to Ponte Nelle Alpe, and eventually to the city of Belluno. At each of these 
places relief work among the civilians was done in addition to the regular 
military evacuation work. 

After conditions became more settled, the 27th Italian Army Corps, with 
Section 529, United States Army Ambulance Service still attached, moved back 
into the grape vineyards of the lower Venetian plain. The ambulance section 
moved on February 11, 1919, and established headquarters in a villa just outside 
the village of Capri. Here they remained doing hospital transfer work until 
March 31, when they were ordered by the American forces in from the field, to 
report at Concentration Camp, Genoa, for embarkation to the United States. 

From the seventh to the twenty-third of April, 1919, the Italian contingent 
was aboard the Italian liner Duca degli Abruzzi en route from Genoa to New 
York, stopping at Marseilles and Gibraltar. The evening of the day of debarka- 
tion found Section 529 as casuals in Camp Dix, N. J., and the efficiency of 
demobilization was demonstrated in giving all their honorable discharges on 
April 26, 1919. 

Every member of Penn State Ambulance Unit, commanded by Captain 
Edwin B. Lawyer, was presented with the Italian War Cross (Croce di Guerra). 
There were thirty-six men in this unit, the majority of whom were Penn State 
students. This unit was known as Section 529, U. S. Army Ambulance Service. 




Penn State Ambulance Unit at Retreat 



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The following information was contained in the Ambulance Service News of 
January 9, 1919, about the Penn State Ambulance Unit, and in this article the 
names of those who received the Italian War Cross were given: 

"During the offensive, the entire section was working on the advance line 
from Busco and Choecetta before the river Piave was crossed. Working in two 
units, the section followed separate divisions after the crossing. One group of six 
cars followed the 50th Division up the east bank of the Piave, having posts 
successively at Vidor, Valdobiadene, Villa de Villa, Bribane, and Sedice. The 
remaining six cars followed the 60th Division through Vidor, Col San Martine, 
Cambia, Miane and Follina. 

"When the offensive had advanced so far that contact with the Cassena base 
was difficult, the section moved to Follina where it is now operating. The section 
is still busy and all cars are kept on the go. 

"The section, unlike many others in the contingent, does not claim to be the 
first to see action, the first to cross the river, nor the honor of carrying the most 
patients. Due to various circumstances, it was one of the last sections to reach 
the front. However, its record since reaching the front has been an enviable 
one. There have been no accidents of a serious nature and no sickness. During 
the two and one-half months that the section spent on the line, it did a creditable 
amount of work. The cars have traveled a distance of 75,000 kilometers, one- 
half of this distance being at night. The section has hauled over 13,000 
patients." 

All of the men listed below received the Italian Military Cross of War 
(Croce di Guerra) : 

Lawyer, Edwin B., Captain Free, Spencer M., Jr., Sergt. 

Herr, John C, Sergt. ist CI. Reed, Thomas M., Jr., Sergt. 

Beck, Clarence R., Corp. 



Cooks 



Grove, Leon C. 



Musser, Paul G. 
Adams, Herman W. 
Mackay, Donald L. 



Teichart, Alvin E. 



Mechanics 



Maynard, Ralph D. 
Steele, Wayne 
Stoeltzing, Arthur W. 




Ambulance Service Men on a Hike at 
F\, UnoLLK, IJli Washington Memorial Arch, Valley 

Forge, Va., August, 1917 

(Courtesy R, L. Peters. '20) 



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Cars Belonging to Section 529 Along Section 529 Ambulances at Italian Hospital, 

THE PiAVE River, Italy Altionle, Italy 

(Courtesy R. L. Peters, '20) 



Privates 



BuRGENER, Karl L. 
Burton, Elwood L. 

CUBBAGE, BeNJ. C. 

Cappelino, Joseph V. 
Daugherty, George H. 
DiLauro, Renato 
Edgett, Claude W. 
Egbert, Victor 
Ellicott, David B., Jr. 
Gass, Andrew B. 
Gooding, John C. 
Haslett, Harold D. 



Hayes, John H. 
Homan, Bruce M. 
Jester, Harry C. 
Kern, Thomas C. 
Morrison, John W. 
Hosteller, Neil A. 
Pierce, Chester J. 
Peters, Roland L. 
Schroeder, Murray B. 
Vinet, Pierre 
Wear, Richard C. 
Wiester, Frank M., Jr. 



SECTION 530 

United States Army Ambulance Service 

The history of Section 530 is practically the same as that of Section 529 until 
the former was sent from Genoa, Italy, to France in August, 1918. However, 
there appear to have been many shifts and changes in the personnel of Section 
530, both before leaving America and after arriving in Europe, that were not 
made with Section 529. Although composed principally of Penn State men and 
known usually as a "Penn State Section," twelve colleges were represented at the 
time of sailing in June, 1918. 

Section 530 sailed with the other Ambulance Sections for Italy on June 13, 
1918, from Hoboken on the Italian liner, Guiseppi Verdi, and upon disembarka- 
tion on June 27 went with the rest of the contingent to the concentration camp 
at Genoa. 

After several sections had been sent to the Italian Front, orders came from 
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, France, for fifteen sec- 
tions to report to the American Army in France, and Section 530 was one of 
the fifteen selected. Accordingly the Section left Genoa on August 25, 1918, 
going over the Appenines and Alps in their ambulances, and having, as it has 
been described, "one of the most wonderful experiences of their lives." The trip 



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took the Section through the cities and towns of Asti, Turin, Acqui and Susa 
in Italy ; Modane, Chambery, Aix-Les-Bains, Lens-le-Sanbier, Bourg, Gray, Dole, 
Sangres, Chaumont, Neufchateau, Toul, Siguy, Bar-le-Duc, and Souilly in France. 

The Section arrived August 31 at Rimaucourt, France, reporting to the 
American First Army. Orders were there received to proceed to Evacuation 
Hospital No. 6 at Souilly, about fifteen miles southwest of Verdun. On Septem- 
ber 1 the Section reached Toul, where it experienced its first air raid, and on 
the 3rd it arrived at Souilly. 

There was little to do from September 3rd to the 11th, but with the opening 
of the St. Mihiel drive, six ambulances were sent on the 11th to Field Hospital 
No. 102, 26th Division, at Vaux. However, the work was comparatively light. 
The Section reported on September 14 to the 79th Division at Blercourt, but the 
next day returned to Souilly. On September 28 the Section reported to the 3rd 
Army Corps, and on October 9 six ambulances were sent on detached service 
with the Fifth Army Corps, working at Cheppy with the 1st Division, and at Very 
with the 3rd Division. The work on this occasion was difficult, as most of the 
men drove for ninety-six hours without rest or sleep. The fighting was very 
severe and necessitated the evacuation of a large number of wounded. On 
October 13 the Section returned to Souilly, and continued to use the latter as a 
base until December 16. On December 22 orders were received to report to Field 
Hospital No. 41 at Varennes. 

On December 29 Section 530 was compelled to move to Froidas, as the 
water of the Aire River rose to such an extent that the tents were flooded to a 
depth of several feet. At Froidas the Section was attached to Evacuation Hos- 
pial No. 10 until January 2, 1919, when it departed for Sommermont in the 
Medical Concentration Area, Haute Marne. Leaving Sommermont on February 
16, the Section remained at Joinville, Haute Marne, until March 19, when the 
start for Brest was made. The latter point was reached March 23. Embarkation 
for the United States took place March 31, and arrival at Hoboken, N. J., took 
place on April 23. The Section was mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., on April 
25, 1919. 

From September 12, 1918, when the St. Mihiel drive opened, until December 
29, 1918, when Section 530 was relieved from duty with the First Army, the 
ambulances traveled 65,190 kilometers, and transported 11,800 patients. 

With the formation of Sections 529 and 530 the latter was assigned the 
following Penn State men : 



Name Class 

Kane, Michael J. - - - '20 

Barcklow, John C. - - '20 

Frommeyer, a. S. - - - '20 

BURDAN, J. H. - - - '19 

Umholtz, John A. - - - '20 

Ward, Warren S. - - '20 

Williams, Walter S. - - '19 

Cahall, Walter S. - Special 

Smith, Thomas G. - - - '20 

Bowman, Harvey R. - - '18 



Name Class 

Clair, Thomas B. - - '20 

Davis, Roger O. - - - '20 

Richter, Herman - - '20 

Seigenfuse, Harry M. Y. - '18 

Reinhard. Max C. - - '17 

McGee, Walter R. - - - '19 

Lewis, William S. - - '19 

Simons, John C. - - - '18 

Dell, Harper . _ _ '20 

Gulp, Byron J. - - - '17 



In July, 1917, Richard Bennett, '18, joined the Section, but left in the early 
fall for Officers' Training Camp. Walter S. Whiteman, '20, was transferred to 
Section 530 from Section 529 in the early fall of 1917, while Harper Dell, '20, 
was transferred to Headquarters in the summer of 1917. Kane, Davis, Richter, 



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Clair, Ward, Seigenfuse transferred to various outfits going overseas ahead of 
Section 530 and Barcklow transferred to Aviation. While at Camp Crane, Bow- 
man acted as Top Sergeant and McGee and Burdan as duty sergeants. When 
the Section left Italy, Reinhard, Simons, Lewis, and McGee remained behind and 
consequently the roster of Section 530, when it reached France, contained the 
names of but six Penn State men. They were : 



Privates 



Cahall^ W. S. 
From MEYER, A. S. 
Smith, T. C. 



Umholtz, J. A. 
Whiteman, W. S. 
Burdan, J. H. 



The roster of men in Section 530, exclusive of Penn State men, on the day 
it reached France from Italy, is as follows : 

Caruthers, J. M., Sergeant, ist Class Smith, K. M., Sergeant 
Clair, E. L., Sergeant Strouse, L. D., Corporal 

Diaz, J. M., Lance Corporal 



Smith, J. F. 
Coleman, J. H. 



Cooks 



Mechanics 



Lyons, J. E. 



Smith, J. E. 



Privates 



Barnett, A. J. 
Farr, G. S. 
Head, G. D. 

HOWDEN, D. F. 

Paul, R. E. 
Irvin, G. H. 
KUHNS, W. B. 
Lerch, K. S. 



Reilly, C. C. 



Semler, H. P. 
O'Connor, R. L. 
Orton, M. E. 
Saxman, M. S. 
Walton, D. K. 
Campbell, D. M. 
James, J. E. 
Kennedy, J. N. 



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A "Close-up" at 8,000 Feet 

(Courtesy H, F. Porter, '14) 




U. S. Navy Air Ship in France 

(Courtesy M. Q. Corbett, '11) 




Saint Mihiel, France 



(Courtesy Max Fleming, '16) 



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Verdun 



(Courtesy L. A. Spencer, '18) 




U. S. Army Cemetery, Aucy, France 



(Courtesy L. A. Spencer, *18) 



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Sports Th \t the Goi s Ti\n r\TOYABLE 




28th Div D()i(,HB(i\s Relieved in the Argonne 



(Signal Corps riiotograph) 



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Loading on Troops at Brest, France, U. S. S. Finland 




FRS Going B\ck Home 



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Part V 

The Students' Army 
Training Corps 



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THE STUDENTS' ARMY TRAINING CORPS 

Pursuant to orders from the War Department the Students' Army Training 
Corps was organized at The Pennsylvania State College on October 1, 1918, under 
the command of Major James Baylies, U. S. A. Retired. 

There were organized two sections of the Students' Army Training Corps : 
A — The Collegiate Section, subdivided into 

1. Army Unit — approximately 1,150 men. 

2. Navy Unit — approximately 225 men. 

B — The Vocational Section, containing approximately 500 men. 

Section A, the Collegiate Section, was composed of men meeting the entrance 
requirements of the College and doing regular college work. The men in this 
section were actually receiving preliminary training to obtain commissions. This 
training, for those who proved to be officers material, would have been completed 
at some of the big Officers' Training Camps had the war continued. 

The military work of the Collegiate Section was almost entirely infantry in 
character for both Army and Navy units because of lack of facilities. Close 
and open order drill and field work, signal drill, ambulance drill and related sub- 
jects comprised the instruction. Special emphasis was placed upon bayonet and 
grenade work and a good bayonet course was provided. Two hours each day 
were devoted to strictly military work. 

In collegiate work emphasis was placed on chemistry and engineering and 
all students were required to take a course in "War Aims" designed to improve 
and conserve the morale by clearly stating the causes and purposes of the war. 

Section B, the Vocational Section, was composed mostly of men not meeting 
the educational requirements for entrance to the regular courses of the College. 
Some, however, _ were college graduates preparing themselves for the military 
vocations such as motor truck driving, telephoning, etc. Properly qualified candi- 
dates from this section were transferred to the Officers' Training Camps and 
later received commissions. 

No efifort has been made in this part of the record to relate the work of 
Section B, and nowhere have we listed the names of those in this section because 
of the difficulty in securing such a list and because of overlapping. In addition it 
is best considered as one of the efforts of the College entire. 

As adjuncts to the S. A. T. C. organization there was, first, the military band, 
composed mostly of men from the Collegiate Section but attached to the Post as a 
whole. It was under the direction of Bandmaster W. O. Thompson and un- 
doubtedly was one of the best in the history of the College. Besides the band, 
there was a force of Military Police to enforce the regulations after "taps." In 
addition there was a force of clerks composed of men from the ranks who 
rendered most excellent assistance in disposing of the mass of "paper work" 
incident to the command. 

The S. A. T. C. should be recognized as an essential part in the plan 
to utilize the colleges and universities of the country as preliminary training 
centers and to reduce as far as possible the ultimate loss to the country incident 
to having all the youth go immediately into the service without more education. 
Those who went to college under this plan, adopted in the summer of 1918, were 



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inducted into the Army or Navy and were subject to orders, the same as all 
others in the service. The plan was not perfect but the signing of the armistice 
prevented opportunity being given to put it in full operation and to give it a 
real tryout. 

Demobilization of the S. A. T. C. commenced on December 10, 1918, and 
proceeded sufficiently rapid so that nearly all the men were discharged by Christ- 
mas and the final discharges were made not later than January 1, 1919. 

There follows a list of names of the Officers and the students who were 
inducted into or later transferred to the Students' Army Training Corps: 



Baylies, James, Major U. S. A. Retired 



Commanding Officer 



Staft 



McGraw, Willis H., Capt. Medical Corps 
Whinnery, Andrew J., 1st Lieut. F. A. 
Brown, Earle A., 1st Lieut. Dental Corps 
Hill, John B., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 
Joyce, Thomas H., 2nd Lieut. Q. M. Corps 
Lyons, William J., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 
Thompson, Wilfred O., U. S. A. - 



Medical Officer 

Adjutant 

Dental Officer 

Personnel Adjutant 

Quartermaster 

Provost Marshall 

Bandmaster 



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Seventh and Last Course in the C'l; 



ES AT THE College 

(Courtesy J Keller, '14) 



Sarge, Homer D.- 
Abbott, Theodore S., 2nd 
Anderson, Walter S., 2nd 
Beasley, Wyatt S., 2nd 
BiLLUPS, Morton G., 2nd 
Campbell, Chas. F., 2nd 
Clarke, Andrew N., 2nd 
Davis, Alden E., 2nd 

GarretTj Harry C, 2nd 
Goldstein.ArthurM. 2nd 
Harmon, George D., 2nd 
Kelleck, James B., 2nd 
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Officers of the Line 

Capt. Inf. Mackenzie, Ray E., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Paschall, Albert B., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Pierce, Hall - 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Poag, Lewis M., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Quadland, H. P., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Roberts, David W., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Robertson, M. B., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Stance, Rudolph C, 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Taylor, Hayward M., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Valentine, H. W., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Walter, Ed. D., Jr., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

Lieut. Inf. Wolfe, John J., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 

John K., 2nd Lieut. Inf. 



Dr. J. P. Ritenour, Dr. L. E. Kidder and Dr. J. V. Foster were local con- 
tract surgeons and acting medical officers, assisting Capt. Willis H. McGraw. 

The following men deserve mention because of the immense amount of work 
handled at Headquarters by them so efficiently : 

Section A 

Clerks — Guy V. Glatfelter, Lawrence W. Smith, George W. Sullivan. 
Orderlies — Herman G. Fisher, Edward B. Felty, Joseph Kindig, Kenneth 
Johnson, Charles W. Heppenstall, William J. Searle. 

Section B 

Chief Clerk— William Waddell (Sergt.). 



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Names of Those Who Were Organized Into The 
Students' Army Training Corps 



COLLEGIATE SECTION— ARMY 



Adams, Rayman 
Adams, Raymond F. 
Aiken, Robert W. 
Albert, David E. 
Allebach, George F. 
Allen, Joseph C. 
Allen, Ralph P. 
Amenta, Lawrence J. 
Anderson, William W. 
Andrews, William R. E. 
Arch, Samuel Edward 
Arner, William A. 
Armstrong, Edwin W. 
Ashe, Charles P. 
Atkinson, Ralph D. 
Audet, Adjutor J. 
Auman, George M. 
Avery, Meredith 
AviL, David G. 
Ayers, Theodore T. 
Bace, Alois C. 
Bailey, Ellsworth R. 
Baily, Kenneth G. 
Baily, Robert W. 
Baird, David B. 



Balliet, Madison C. 
Baltimore, Louis G. 
Balthaser, Paul J. 
Baney, Emmet J. 
Banks, Horace K. 
Barber, Albert W. 
Barclay, Stanton D. 
Barnett, Gerald A. 
Barnhart, Philip S. 
Barr, Charles M. 
Barrett, Royden M. 
Bartholomew, Robert P. 
Barton, Earl W. 
Bartz, Albert W. 
Basinger, Joseph B. 
Bastian, Fred F. 
Bastress, Alfred W. 
Bathurst, Earl L. 
Baturin, Arthur R. 
Baughman, Robert I. 
Bawiec, Adam A. 
Beamer, Henry G., Jr. 
Bear, Frederick T. 
Beard, Maurice G. 
Beard, W. C. 



Beavan, Clifford E. 
Beck, John C. 
Becker, George E. 
Becker, Harold J. 
Becker, Theodore II. 
Behler, Guy S. 
Bell, Donald S. 
Bender, Southard H. 
Bennett, Edward F. 
Bennett, Ward L. 
Benson, Bernard C. 
Berle, Charles H. 
Beyer, Raymond R. 
Bicker, Charles E. 
Bierly, Rufus M. 
BiNKLEY, Howard E. 
BiTTNER, Joseph A. 
BiTTNER, Louis J. 
Blackman, Arthur A. 
Blackmore, Norman L. 
Blaisdell, Donald C. 
Blakeslee, Robert A. 
Bland, George E. 
Blaney, Ralph C. 
Blankenbiller, Karl J. 




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Blecker, Harry W. 
Blewitt, Harold F. 
Blocker, Edmond L. 
Bogar, Robert W. 
BoGGS, George H. 
BoGGS, Samuel Y. 
BoLEKY, Lawrence H. 
BoLiCH, John E. 
BosTOCK, Raymond N. 
Boucher, Frank A. 
Bowman, Harold F. 
Bowman, Paul E. 
Bo\TD, George M. 
BoYER, Amandus J. 
Boyle, Robert E. 
Brainerd, Robert N. 
Bratton, David C. 
Braucht, Dean S. 
Bray, Rober H. 
Breckenridge, Samuel G. 
Brigel, James E. 
Briggs, Aubrey R. 
Bright, Charles A. 
Brinton, Mark H. 
Broadhead, Elber H., Jr. 
Brogan, Frank J. 
Broschart, Charles B. 



Bross, Frederick A. 
Brough, Ralph E. 
Brown, Amos P. 
Brown, Dwight M. 
Brown, John D. 
Brown, J. W. 
Brown, Paul S. 
Brownmiller, Arlan J. 
Bruchman, Louis C. 
Brupbacher, Fred A. 
Buchanan, Charles O. 
Buchanan, George C. 
Buchanan, Thomas H. 
BucHER, Rudolph S. 
BuDGEN, George 
Budinger, Ka.rl H. 
Bugbee, Frederick C. 
BuLLARD, Frank L. 
Burgoon, Joseph H. 
Burns, Joseph J. 
Burns, Richard S. 
Burke, Clemens S. 
Burkutsky, Edward J. 
Burrus, Russell L. 
BuRSTiN, Louis C. 
Butler, Marvin H. 
Caldwell, John B. 



Call, J. S. 
Callaghan, John F. 
Calabrese, Fred 
Caldwell, Thomas D. 
Calvert, Donald E. 
Campbell, Clarence J. 
Campbell, Daniel A. 
Campbell, David B. 
Campbell, Robert W. 
Campbell, Windell O. 
Canty, Thomas R. 
Carpenter, Clyde E. 
Carpenter, Edwin G. 
Caplan, Meyer 
Catanach, Arthur E. 
Carsgo, John E. 
Castlebury, John K. 
Chambers, David E. 
Chaplin, Byron L. 
Chase, James L. 
Cherry, Milton V. 
Chicchis, Caesar D. 
Christie, Douglas E. 
Christman, Oliver L. 
Clark, John I. 
Clark, E. Stanley 
Clausen, Fisk Frank 



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Cleaver, Albert E. 
Cleeland, Casper W. 
Clinton, Daniel J. 
Cloud, Milton H. 
Clough, Walter C. 
Conner, Carleton B. 
Cohen, Jack 
Cohen, Stanley W. 
Cohen, William 
Collins, Owen L. 
Coldren, Evan C. 
Coleman, John L. 
CoLviN, George 
Connell, Albert J. 
Conner, Hans N. 
Connor, Joseph F. 
Connor, Louis J. 
Conover, Walter A. 
Cook, Robert T. 
Cooke, Algred F., Jr. 
Cooley, Ernest G. 
Coons, James Merritt 
CoovER, Earl M. 
Cope, George F. 
CoRL, Clarence L. 
Corson, Wilmer K. 



Cottage, Louis 
Cotter, James L., Jr. 
Cowman, Wallace F. 
CovifLES, John C. 
Cover, Howell T. 
Cox, William E. 
Craven, John B. 
Creasy, Philip F. 
Cromis, C. Edwin 
Crone, Robert H. 
Crossley, Gilbert L. 
Culbertson, Raymond E. 
Cupp, Donald E. 
Cupit, George W., Jr. 
Crum, Harry W. 
Damico, Stephen A. 
Damico, Stephen F. 
Davies, Maurice A. 
Davis, E. Thompson 
Davis, Henry S. 
Davis, James B. 
Davis, Theron H. 
Davis, Willard J. 
Davis, William S. 
Deal, Claude L. 
Deardorff, Floyd R. 



Decker, Sanford S. 
Degen, Carl G. 
Demming, John B. 
Demmler, Albert W. 
Denman, Bent D. 
Denney, Cecil G. 
Dennis, Clarence K. 
Derr, George D. 
Detar, David D. 
Detwiler, Charles S. 
Deull, Charles M. 
Dickson, Harold E. 
Diffenbacher, Victor S. 
Dipple, John A. 
Dively, Harry Allen 
DoBsoN, Thomas R. 
DoNCHi, Sol M. 
Don M OYER, David W. 
Donovan, James M. 
DouDS, Charles T. 
Daugherty, Fillmore M. 
Dougherty, John J. 
Doverspike, Darl S. 
Downing, Harold S. 
Droy, Charles E. 
Duff, Paul McGill 



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Welcoming Home the Boalsbukg Machine Gun Troop and Other Overse:as Men 



Duncan, Bernard C. 
DuNCGAN, John C. 
Dunn, David M. 
DuRFEE, Walter W. 
Dusinberre, Robert K. Y. 
Dzwilewski, Louis A. 
Eagan, Patrick J. 
Eaton, Donald K. 
Eaton, Walter L. 
Eberle, Carl F. 
Eby, John B. 
EcKERT, John E. 
Eckenrode, Jerome 
Edwards, Robert W. 
Erhardt, Russell D. 
Ehrman, Herbert H. 
Eisler, William L. 
Eldredge, Nason E. 
Engstrom, Perry H. 
Epstein, Isadore L. 
Erskine, Harold C. 
Espensch.\de, Frederick S. 
Evans, Benjamin F. 
Evans, Daniel O. 
Evans, Raymond N. 
Eyster, Harry J. W. 
Fagan, Roscoe G. 
Fahringer, Emerson D. 



Farley, Eugene S. 
Faust, Alfred S. 
Fawber, Charles E. 
Feldser, Ralph 
Felton, Gilson C. 
Felty, Edward B. 
Fenstemaker, Rdale C. 
Fessler, Willard D. 
Fields, Edgar B. 
FiKE, Charles H. 
Fine, William B. 
Finkelstein, Nathan 
Fisher, George I. 
Fisher, Herman G. 
Fisher, James V. 
Fisher, Louis 
Fleck, David C. 
Fliegel, William M. 
Fluke, John C. 
Follweiler, Robert A. 
Foulke, John L. 
FousT, Raymond K. 
Frank, William E. 
Frantz, Walter P. 
Frech, Alexander D. 
Frederickson, Charles, Jr. 
Frederickson, Erick L. 
Freedman, Samuel 



Fretz, Osmund R. 
Friedman, Harry 
Freedman, Joseph 
Fritz, Carmer L. 
Froggatt, John W. 
Fry, John R. 
Gabell, Louis 
Gager, William Arkins 
Gardner, John D. 
Gallagher, William A. 
Gamble, Harry R. 
Gardiner, James A. 
Gardner, William K. 
Garrett, Earle R. 
Garney, Myron F. 
Garroway, James M. 
Gearhart, Brandon 
Gearhart, Charles B. 
Gehret, Edward F. 
Gehring, William C. 
Geiger, Marlin G. 
Gegg, Joseph H. 
Geiger, Arthur R. 
Geltz, James A. 
Genisman, Morton B. 
George, Charles A. 
George, Reynold B. 
George, Robert B. 



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George, Willaed C. 
Getz, John L. 
GiBBj William L., Jr. 
GiBBS, Ralph E. 
Gibson, Allen M. 
Gilbride, Cornelius J. 
Giles, George William 
GiFFORD, William G. 
Glading, Frank W., Jr. 
Gleason, Joseph L. 
Gleichert, Paul A. 
Glenn, Albert Joseph 
Glenn, William C. 
Glosser, Davib 
Glou, Harry C. 
Glowacki, Bernard B. 
GoDSHALK, Ralph L. 
Goldberg, Jacob 
Good, Harry W. 
Goodyear, Markus A. 
Goodwin, Frank B. 
Goldberg, Harry M. 
Gonzalez, Alfonso 
Gorman, Charles H. 
Gortner, Oden C. 



GouGH, Hugh F. 
GousER, Bruce E. 
Grabe, Robert T. 
Grass, Irving 
Grassmyer, Arthur G. 
Gregory, Jesse H. 
Gregg, John I. 
Green, Albert 
Green, Theodore C. 
Greenawalt, Samuel L. 
Greenberger, Israel H. 
Grill, John D. 
Grimes, Paul 
Gross, Lawrence S. 
Grove, Paul R. 
Grove, William B. 
Grover, George U. 
Grube, Warren W. 
Grupp, Otto, Jr. 
GuARiN, Paul L. 
Gulden, Arthur I. 
GuNSALLAS, Clifford T. 
Gumbert, Harold C. 
Guthrie, Aaron S. 
Haas, Harry W. 



Hage, Howard, Jr. 
Hager, Rollin D. 
Hagerman, John C. 
Halderman, J. Leonard 
Haler, Philip J. 
Hallman, Ralph L. 
Hamer, Harold 
Hammonds, Percy T. 
Hancock, Gilbert W. 
Hancock, John 
Handwerk, Roy J. 
Hansmann, El wood 
Hargreaves, Russell W. 
Harper, George A. 
Harris, Burtt 
Harrison, Harry J. 
Hart, Harry L. 
Hart, Kenneth D. 
Hart, Wilmer D. 
Hart, William L. 
Hartford, H. M. 
Hartman, Merle T. 
Hassinger, Evan P. 
Hassenplug, William D. 
Haut, Lawrence F. 




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Hawkins, Frank C. 


Hess, Russell Stewart 


Hooks, George M. 






Hayden, Richard B. 


Hess, William E. 


Hooks, Ralph A. 






Hayes, Norman D. 


Hetherington, Francis E. Horan, William F. 






Hayward, Harold D. 


Hetrick, Victor J. 


Horner, George F. 






Hayward, Paul M. 


Hickey, Donald J. 


Horst, Samuel L. 






Hazlett, Donald D. 


Hillier, John F. 


Hosterman, Charles H. 






Hazelwood, Fred, Jr. 


HiNKLE, Samuel F. 


Houseworth, Horace J. 






Heastan, Elmer J. 


Hinkel, William B. 


HouRZ, Orlando W. 






Heberle, William F. 


Hoagland, Edward W. 


Howe, William H. 






Hecker, Michael S. 


HocKER, H. Paul 


Hoy, Austin C. 






Heckman, William K. 


HoFF, Charles A., Jr. 


Hoy, Byron H. 






Hedding, Joseph N. 


Hoffman, Alfred D. 


HosY, Robert V. 






Heller, Stanley J. 


Hoffman, Earl L. 


Hubbard, Frank A. 






Heim, William E. 


Hoffman, Paul E. 


Huber, Clyde M. 






Heintzeman, Henry C. 


Hoffman, Norman W. 


Hubshman, Benjamin 






Heisler, Paul J. 


Hoffman, Orran C. 


Hufnagel, Earl W. 






Heister, Ralph D. 


Hoffmaster, Charles F. 


HUFFNAGLE, GeORGE W. 






Helms, Alfred L. 


Hohenadel, Harry P. 


Hughes, Edgar T. 






Hench, Rodney K. 


Holder, Leonard H. 


Hughes, John E. 






Hendricks, William M. 


Holder, Percy E. 


Hughes, John H. 






Henry, Rush S. 


HoLLOWAY, Daniel W. 


Hughes, John T. 






Heneberger, Fred C. 


Hollinger, Charles S. 


Hummer, George M. 






. Herbst, Ralph L. 


HoLLis, Joseph F. 


Humphrey, Arthur R. 






Herr, Bruce R. 


Holt, Arthur E. 


Hunter, John R., Jr. 






Herring, Elmer F. 


Homan, Sheldon W. 


Hunter, Matthew S. 










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HUNTSBERGER, PaUL N. 

Huston, Frederick B. 
Hyde, Joseph A. 
Iams, Harry S. 
Ibberson, Norman 
Ifft^ Eugene G. 
Immel, John H. 
Imschweiler, Christian H. 
Irwin, William 
Ishler, William R. 
Ives, Warren A. 
Jackson, Frederick D. 
Jackson, Thomas, Jr. 
Janowitz, Is.'^ore I. 
Jaspan, Joseph 
Jenkins, John Clifford 
Jenkins, John H. 
Jenning, Carlton H. 
Jennings, Willis 
Jensen, Chester H. 
Joel, William I, 
Johnson, Harold A. 
Johnson, Kenneth G. 
Jones, Arthur W. 
Jones, Charles G. 
Jones, Dewey T. 
Jones, Elliott L. 
Jones, Idwal R. 
Jones, Julius C. 
Johnston, George D. 
Junk, William A. 
Kadel, Donald M. 
Kaier, Frederick X. 
Kain, Richard J. 
Kapp, Paul B. 
Karam, Isaac A. 
Kauffman, Harold L. 
Keatley, Jay F. 
Keck, Roscoe W. 
Kehl, Wesley L. 
Kehm, Harold D. 
Keim, James F. 
Keister, Evan R. 
Keithan, Charles R. 
Keithley, John Martin 
Kell, John F. 
Keller, Charles E. 
Kem merer, Howard A. 
Kemery, Clarence H. 
Kemp, Paul W. 
Kemper, Charles A. 
Kennard, Albert R. 
Kennard, Richard, Jr. 



Kennard, Walter B. 
Kennedy, John T. 
Kennedy, Raymond D. 
Kensinger, Gerald T. 
Kenworthy, Oswald E. 
Kepple, Kenneth A. 
Kerlin, Frederick G. 
Kessler, J. L. 
Kester, Allen L. 
Kestner, Paul W. 
Kevin, Robert O., Jr. 
Killinger, William G. 
Killmer, Charles G. 
KiMES, Carroll L. 
Kindig, Joseph K. 
KiRSCH, Eugene V. 
Kirkpatrick, John B. 
Kline, C. Weldon 
Kline, George H. 
Kjellman, George 
Klinger, Edgar D. 
Knabb, Albert H. 
Knapp, Gregory A. 
Knapp, Byron W. 
Knipe, Paul K. 
Knodel, John F. 
KoEHLER, George H. 
Koch, Steele B. 
Konegen, Walter 
Koons, Bertram F. 
KoRB, Nelson R. 
Kosier, Edwin J. 
Kraeer, Donald A. 
Kreider, Lamont N. 
Kramer, Frederick F. 
Kraybill, Louis G. 
Kuiil, Wilfrid S. 
Kurtz, Donald F. 
Kurtz, Emory M. 
Kurtz, Frank J. 
Kurtz, Spyker G. 
KustiNER, Nicholas M. 
KuTLER, Benjamin 
Kyle, Edgar B. 
Kylander, Roy R. 
Lahr, Malcolm H. 
Lane, Norman H. 
Langner, Ernest P. 
Laudermilch, Alan B. 
Laurie, Bruce 
Lauther, Charles C. 
Lawrie, Joseph L. 
Leaman, Benjamin F. 



Leathem, Barclay S. 
Lebedine, Morris 
Lehman, Murray L. 
Leim, Carl J. 
Leinbach, Arthur R. 
Leinbach, Clarence B. 
Leinbach, LeRoy K. 
Leitch, George A. 
Kemmler, Elon H. 
Lengel, Stuart 
Levy, Saul 

Lewellen, Clarence W. 
Lewis, George R. 
Lewis, Harry L., Jr. 
Lewis, Paul E. 
Lewis, Robert D. 
Lewis, William N. 
Lichtenstein, Arnold 
Liberman, Herman P. 
LiGHTNER, Joseph K. 
Ligo, Raymond S. 
Lloyd, Llewellyn E. 
Llo^t), Rees M. 
Locke, Harry L. 
LoGUE, Lester H. 
Long, Charles Joseph 
Long, John H. 
Low MAN, Eugene A. 
Lucas, George W. 
Ludwick, Nathaniel V. 
Lundberg, Arthur H. 
Lynn, Sepheres C. 
Lynn, William C. 
Lynn, William W. 
Lysle, George H. 
McBride, William N. 
McCallum, Solomon S. 
McCann, James R. 
McCarthy, George V. 
McCarty, Philip C. 
McClelland, George L. 
McCloskey, James V. 
McCloughan, Donald C. 
McClune, James Z. 
McClure, Donald D. 
McClure, Robert H. 
McCormick, Robert D. 
McCoRMiCK, Warren H. 
McCuLLOCH, Lawrence B. 
McDaniel, Robert C. 
McDermott, Floyd G. 
McDouGALL, Robert H. 
McGarrah, Roy F. 



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McGee, James R. 


Milburn, John B. 


Myler, Alan B. 






McHenry, Harry T. 


Miller, Alfred B. 


Neely, Walter M. 






McKelvey, Kennedy M. 


Miller, Herbert N. 


Nein, Harry R. 






McKenstry, Murrell D. 


Miller, Norman H. 


Newcomer, Howard E. 






McKnight, James P. 


Miller, Ray A. 


Newhouse, Walter H. 






McKnight, Marcus A. 


Miller, Robert E. 


Newman, Henry P. 






McLaughlin, Roy D. 


Miller, Truman R. 


Newman, Karl C. 






McLaughlin, William M. 


Miller, Wilford E. 


Newman, Raymond S. 






McFarland, Charles H. 


MiLLIGAN, ThORNLEY H. 


Newswanger, Vernon K. 






McIlvaine, Hobert S. 


Milson, John W. 


Nevling, James W. 






McIlvaine, Judson S. 


Minich, James W. 


Nicklas, Christian R. 






McKaba, Albert N. 


Minnich, Paul F. 


Nicklas, John C. 






McMahan, John H. 


Mitchell, Frank H. 


Nichols, Enos M. 






McPherson, James Lynn 


Mitchell, Kenneth C. 


Nicholas, Orrin H., Jr. 






MacAskie, Donald W. 


Mitchell, Thomas A. 


Niemeyer, Harold J. 






MacDonald, Russell R. 


Mitchell, William T. 


Noll, Paul C. 






MacGonagle, Frank R. 


Moffit, Leonard C. 


NvsTOM, Carl A. 






MacIntire, Frank E. 


MoFFiTT, Vaun Adrian 


Ockford, Robert E. 






Mackenzie, Harry T. 


Montague, Edwin N. 


O'Connor, Ralph A. 






Mackenzie, Joseph B. 


Moore, Calvin W. 


Oeffinger, Fred W. 






MacMillan, Donald C. 


Moore, Edward H. 


Oehrle, Albert C. 






Maddocks, Joseph N. 


Moore, Harvey W. 


German, Edward W. 






Mancini, Frank G. 


Moore, Levi G. 


Ottemiller, Creston F. 






Mandeville, Walter F. 


Moore, Sheldon R. 


Oliver, Harold S. 






Mansberger, Bruce E. 


Morgan, Charles F. 


Orris, Samuel G. 






Manyoun, Joseph R. 


Morgan, Lorenz S. 


Orkin, Abraham 






March, Christian L. 


Morosini, Charles J. 


Oswald, Frank G. 






Marple, Howard R. 


MoRRELL, Nick G. 


Owen, Robert J. 






Martin, John H. 


Morrill, Charles F. 


PiCKARD, Anthony V. 






Martin, John R. 


Morris, Albert P. 


Packer, John L. 






Martin, John S. 


Morris, Harold R. 


Parent, Harold M. 






Marzzacco, Carl 


Morris, Samuel 


Passarelli, Amando a. 






Masser, Paul S. 


Morrison, Hugh J. 


Patchell, Walter W. 






Mateer, Marlin C. 


Morrison, John B. 


Patterson, Arthur C. 






Mather, Clayton B. 


Morrow, Milton R. 


Patterson, Ralph O. 






Matthiessen, West J. 


Morrow, Walter A. 


Patterson, William K. 






Maucher, William L. 


Mowery, Harold F. 


Patton, John L. 






Maurer, Donald S. 


MowRER, Clifton E. 


Paul, Franklin O. 






Maurer, Earl W. 


MowRY, Paul H. 


Pavord, George C. 






Maxey, Paul H. 


MoYER, Harold J. 


Pearson, Harold F. 






Mayers, Karl F. 


Mover, James William 


Peightel, Harry J. 






Maynes, Rodger Joseph 


MucHiTZ, Joseph C. M. 


Peoples, John M. 






Mazak, John, Jr. 


Mull, Edgar K. 


Perkins, Alfred T. 






Meadows, Anderson D. 


Mullen, James H. 


Perry, Martin J. 






Means, Hobert L. 


Mullin, William D. 


Perry, W. Elmer, Jr. 






Meese, Clarence R. 


MULLENUSKY, JoSEPH J. X. 


Peterman, Earl A. 






Mehm, Edward C. 


Murphy, William E. 


Pierce, James R. 






Mulusky, Leo S. 


Murtland, John A. 


Pile, Richard 






Merryman, Glade R. 


MussER, Robert L. 


Place, Donald S. 






Meyer, Nathan H. 


Muth, William M. 


Poerstel, William T. 






Meyer, William G. 


Myers, Jacob L. 


PoMEROY, Daniel F., Jr. 






Meyers, Ezra B. 


Myers, Malcolm W. 


Popky, Louis L. 






Michener, Harry R. 


Myers, Ted 


Porter, Gerald S. 


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Potter, Louis A., Jr. 
PoTTiGER, Boyd H. 
Powell, Amos L. 
Powell, Arthur R. 
Powell, Charles M. 
Pratt, Arthur G. 
Pressler, Herman E. 
Price, David W. 
Price, Jerald C. 
Proud, Ralph Anthony 
Pulaski, Lee E. 
PuRBAUGH, Benjamin F. 
Putney, William T., Jr. 
Quinney, Charles T. 
Ramsey, Lathrop L. 
Rankin, Clark W. 
Rapoport, Norman S. 
Raub, Carl R. 
Ray, Park L. 
Reagan, Harold 
Record, Paul R. 
Reeder, Robert K., Jr. 
Rees, Harry V. 
Reese, Joseph L. 
Reeser, Malcolm R. 
Rieve, Hugo 

Reichelderfer, Herbert L. 
Reider, Ezra W. 
Reigle, Forrest L 
Reigle, William G. 
Rein hard, William J. 
Reis, Edgar H. 
Richardson, Edward G. 
Rider, Chester P. 
Rider, Guy 
Rife, Edwin J. 
Riffle, Herbert J. 
Rishell, R. Harris 
RiTTS, Fred M. 
RoBBiNS, Paul H. 
Roberts, Cyril H. 
Roberts, Howard J. 
Roberts, Lawrence M. 
Roberts, Ralph H. 
Roberts, Ingham S. 
Robinson, Victor H. 
Reeder, Paul H. 
Rogers, James H. 
Rogers, Robert L. 
Rogoff, Max Joseph 
Romig, George W., Jr. 
RoMiG, John L. 
Rooney, William R. 



Roseberry, Stanley N. 
Rosen, Abe E. 
Rosenfeld, Joseph R. 
Rosenthal, Raymond 
Ross, Charles H. 
Ross, Richard R. 
Rosser, Charles M. 
Rothenberger, Marvin K. 
Roy, Emile P. 
Ruby, James K. 
Rumberger, Calvin L. 
Rum MEL, George W. 
Rung, Edward E. 
Runkle, Lawrence M. 
Rupp, MussER F. 
Russell, Samuel W. 
RusTEY, Dale M. 
RuTTER, Fred A. 

RUTTER, FeRNLY Y. 

Ryan, Michael M. 
Sackett, Ralph L. 
Saeger, William W. 
Salmon, Joseph H. 
Sapper, Frank G. 
Sauter, Clarence C. 
Schade, George D. 
Schaeffer, R. Rex 
Schaeffer, Walter A. 
Schaffner, Jack 
Schafer, Walter C. 
Scheirer, Robert D. 
Scheidemantel, Ralph E. 
Scherer, C. Ervin 
Schlaamstine, Raymond F. 
Schlasman, Mark J. 
Schlosser, Huston K. 
Schmidt, J. Carl 
ScHMiTT, Stanley W. 
ScHOCK, Andrew R. 
Schoeneak, Philip S. 
Schoenfeld, Myron W. 
Schroepfer, Fred W., Jr. 
Schryver, Lewis G. 
ScHULTz, Andrew J. 
Schultz, Daniel H. 
Schester, Vincent J. 
Schwab, Robert N. 
schwarter, russell a. 
Schwartz, Henry C. 
Scott, Wayne L. 
Searle, William J., Jr. 
Sedelmeyer, William C. 
Segl, Walter E. 



Seem, John D. 
Seese, Paul A. 
Segal, Clifford 
Seibert, W. Warren 
Seidel, John G. 
Sell, Charles G. 
Selover, John W. 
Seltzer, William W. 
Sentz, Hobson C. 
Serralles, Pedro J., Jr. 
Sesler, Albert E. 
Shade, Chalmer E. 
Shaffer, Marshall A. 
Sharp, William M. 
Sharpless, Paul L. 
Shaw, Harold D. 
Shaw, Walker B. 
Shaw, William J. 
Shearer, John A. 
Sheffer, Horace M. 
Sheffer, Samuel 
Sheneman, John T. 
Shenk, Samuel B. 
Sherman, Edward P. 
Sherman, Morris 
Sherman, Samuel S. 
Shields, B. Merion 
Shipper, Paul H. 
Shillemm, Philip A. 
Shoemaker, Carroll E. 
Shoemaker, Harold C. 
Shoenfelt, Jesse L. 
Shook, Ellis G. 
S ho WALTER, Edwin T. 
SiEG, Kenneth M. 
Silverman, Arthur 
Simpson, William J. 
SiPE, Warren G. 
Skinner, Charles R. 
Skurkay, John G. 
Slagle, Howard D. 
Slavitz, Meyer L. 
Sloat, Ray G. 
Small, John S. 
Smeltzer, Clarence H. 
Smith, Irving V. 
Smith, Edwin S. 
Smith, Malcolm W. 
Smith, Byron M. 
Smith, Oscar P. 
Smith, Robert H. 
Smith, Robert L. 
Smith, Samuel R. 



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<=arY 

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Snavely, Harry G. 


Taylor, Louis C. 


Welch, Edward M. 






Snyder, Adelph M. 


Taylor, Samuel H., Jr. 


Welch, Raymond 






Snyder, Clay J. 


Taylor, Thomas G. 


Weller, Clarence W. 






Snyder, Droz B. 


Teeger, Carl J. 


Wells, E. Clark 






Snyder, George S. 


Teeter, John H. 


Wells, John M. 






Snyder, Maynard M. 


TiTT, Herman A. 


Welsch, Benjamin G. 






SoYSTER, Ralph L. 


Thomas, Harry M. 


Wentzler, Herman J. 






Spaeth, Charles P. 


Thomas, Myles L. 


Werkheiser, Harwood R. 






Spahr, Mark A. 


Thomas, Ralph E. 


Wernick, Albert H. 






Spangler, Clyde M. 


Thomas, Sterling G. 


Wert, Bernard B. 






Spangler, John H. 


Thomas, William R. 


Wert, Oliver A. 






Sparks, Carvel E. 


Tompkins, Walter C. 


West, Robert R. 






Spencer, Culver O. 


ToTTEN, John M. 


Wetzel, Miles T. 






Sprague, Charles H. 


Trebsfether, Paul F. 


Wharton, Elbert B. 






Sprenkle, Daniel E. 


Trimble, Gilbert K. 


Whetstone, Russell H. 






Springer, John P. 


Tritt, Oliver C. 


Whitcroft, Thomas H. 






Sredenschek, William A. Trivelpiece, Gilbert L. 


White, Clemont L. 






Staley, Merton G. 


Trout, Paul H. 


White, Kenneth PL 






Stark, Kenneth R. 


Tyson, Floyd T. 


White, Paul F. 






Starkey, Ralph B. 


Tyson, John D. 


Whitehe.ad, Walter E. 






Staud, Alfred H. 


Unger, Edward E. 


Whitehill, Lewis B. 






Stauffer, Burton C. 


Vallilee, John P. 


WiLEMAN, Lloyd E. 






Stauffer, Blaine W. 


VanGiesen, Ira D. 


Wilkinson, C. H. 






Stec, Michael J. 


Vansant, William H. 


Williams, David M. 






Steele, Kenneth C. 


VanSickel, Edward L. 


Williams, Elven L. 






Steele, William B. 


ViNicoFF, Louis 


Williams, Glenn J. 






Steiger, Gustave 


ViPONT, Bert O. 


Williams, John M. 






Stephens, Paul F. 


Vogt, Walter E. 


Williams, Paul D. 






Sterner, Robert F. 


VonBulow, Robert W. 


Williams, Ronald K. 






Stevens, Glenn E. 


Waddell, William F. 


Williams, Walter R. 






Stevenson, Peter J. 


Wagner, Benjamin S. 


Williams, Wilford H. 






Stickler, Byron F. 


Wagner, George W. 


Williams, Willard S. 






Stinson, Robert H. 


Waite, Jesse L. 


Williams, William H. 






Stole, Cass J. 


Walck, Fred H. 


Williamson, Edward M. 






Stole, Jay H. 


Wallen, Francis B., Jr 


Wilson, George W. 






Stormfeltz, John H. 


Walter, Charles P. 


Wilt, Norman D. 






Stoudt, a. Moyer 


Waring, Frederic M. 


Windle, Maurice L. 






Stout, Charles E. 


Warmuth, Henry J. 


WiNGEARD, Charles K. 






Stout, Joseph M. 


Warner, Aaron S. 


Winger, Dean D. 






Stover, Albert H. 


Warner, Morris T. 


Wise, Charles W. 






Stover, James P. 


Watson, Bruce B. 


Witherow, Frank F. 






Stover, Roy B. 


Watson, Floyd C. 


Witmer, John D. 






Stohl, Lindley R. 


Watson, Frank L. 


Wolf, Edward 






Strohm, Frank A. 


Watts, Curtis M. 


Wolf, Frank L. 






Stuppy, Frank D. 


Way, Charles A. 


Wolfgang, William 






Sullivan, George W. 


Way, Howard E. 


WooDRiNG, Robert M. 






Super, Frederick H. 


Weaver, Torrence E. 


Woodward, Clarence E. 






SuTCH, William R. B. 


Weaver, William H. 


WooLCOCK, Nelson M. 






Swartz, George T. 


Weber, Walter W. 


Wykoff, G. Stewart 






Synnestvedt, George 


Weinschenk, Joseph I. 


Wylie, Sherwin M. 






Taller, Alex 


Weinstein, Samuel 


Wyrough, George J. 






Tarbox, Leon A. 


Weinstein, Sanford 


Yake, Gregory J. 






Taylor, Daniel B. 


Weir, Henry 


Yeager, Henry J. 










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Yeide, Rudolph 


Zarger, Arthur B. 


Zerbe, Harold A. 








YocuM, Edward S. 


Zech, Earl Penrose 


Zimmerley, Stuart R. 








YocuM, Myron C. 


Zeller, Alvin K. 


Zimmerman, James H. 








Young, Charles F. 


Zentmyer, Paul D. 


Zimmerman, Lester B. 








Young, John L. 


Zetterlof, Hugo E. 


Zoller, Edwin W. 








MEN TRANSFERRED FROM ENGINEERS' RESERVE TO 










THE S. A. T. C. 










Alexander, Roland 


Hetznecker, Joseph F. 


Owings, Clarence W. 








Albert, Robert L. 


Israel, Joshua 


Palmer, Orrin E. 








Brooke, Walter L. 


Jenkins, Victor E. 


Parthemer, Harold W. 








Cameron, D. G. 


Keller, David E. 


Peterson, Paul 








Carlston, John A. 


Kistler, Paul N. 


Richards, Geo. W., Jr. 








Cook, Elmer E. 


Kummer, G. a. 


Skoogland, Carl M. 








Decker, Harry C. 


KuMMER, Martin T. 


Soley, William G. 








Drell, Tulla 


Long, William L. 


SoMERS, Norman C. 








Ferrari, A. S. 


Lannon, John V. 


Taylor, Edward W. 








Fisher, Elmer H. 


Maginnis, Joseph B. 


ViCKER, Harold A. 








Fried, Jacob S. 


Martin, Joseph W. 


Wallace, Earl K. 








Fry, Carl F. 


Nater, German P. 


Weaver, Jacob L. 








Giles, Paul D. 


Nelson, Clyde A. 
Smith, Lawrence W. 


Weder, Frank E. 








COLLEGIATE SECTION— NAVY 








Aiken, Edward McKee 


BusLER, Carl M. 


FoRNCROOK, Lawrence 








Anderson, Ray Ball 


Cameron, Joseph A. 


Foster, Thompson B. 








Andrews, Albert William Campbell, Clarence F. 


French, Charles A. 








Armstrong, Irving W. 


Campbell, Cyril F. 


Friedman, Oscar H. 








Balder, Milton Carl 


Carmody, Charles C. 


Friedman, Samuel M. 








Banks, Paul B. 


Chapin, Lawrence D. 


Frock, Jerome W. 








Beam, Lydon H. 


Chapman, George W. 


FucHS, Fred J. 








Beard, John H. 


Clark, Scott W. 


FuRST, Robert S. 








Beecher, Fred C. 


Cooper, LaMar S. 


Gates, Robert D. 








Berninger, Robert D. 


Coursen, Herbert R. 


Gaul, Samuel H. 








Blank, George D. 


Croll, LaRue W. 


Geiger, Preston D. 








Bodey, Carl F. 


CuBLER, Edwin C. 


Gibson, Herman E. 








BoES, Edward J. 


Dambly, Harold A. 


Ginsbigler, Merle J. 








Borden, Arthur R. 


Daugherty, James R. 


Goldstrom, Conrad A. 








BoRTNER, Roland L. 


Diener, Palmer D. 


Gray, George F. 








Bowman, Rodger, Jr. 


Donahue, Bernard L. 


Green, Morris R. 








Brahn, Reinhart a. 


Edson, Frank L. 


Griffith, George C. 








Breiner, William A. 


Ely, Fred Gilbert 


Griffith, Harold P. 








Bright, Ray S. 


Errett, William R., Jr. 


Groetzinger, William J. 








Brown, Albert M. 


Essenwein, Irving A. 


Guthrie, Wallace D. 








Brown, George W. 


Evans, John R. 


Hallett, Herbert N. 








Brown, Ivan W. 


Fenstermacher, G. D. 


Hamilton, Louis M. 








Brownlee, James L. 


Fike, George Paxton 


Harrison, Coleman 








Buck, Leo L. 


Ferguson, John H. 


Housman, Samuel S. 








BuRTNEE, Robert R. 


Finnerty, Edward H. 


Havekotte, Fred O. 






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Hays, G. Allen 


Mast, Clarence K. 


Ryan, Fabian T. 






Hayes, Charles E. 


Matson, George E. 


Seeds, Carl B. 






Hazzard, John M., Jr. 


Maxwell, James R. 


ScHiFANO, Emanuel F. 






Henry, Ralph H. 


McClure, George G. 


Schweitzer, George E. 






Herman, William H. 


McMillan, George M. 


Sener, Lyman G. 






Higgins, Richard J. 


Mears, George W. 


Seybert, Charles R. 






Hile, Heston H. 


Mickey', Ralph W. 


SiGwoRTH, Walter C. 






Hileman, Joseph L. 


Miller, Marion C. 


Silverstein, Abraham H. 






Hoffman, Carl F. 


Moore, Edward R. 


Simon, Maurice 






Hook, Norris M. 


Moore, John R. 


Skeen, John R. 






Horn, Charles M. 


Morrison, George M. 


Slattery, Gerard R. 






Iles, John T. 


Neidig, Frank H. 


Sowden, William L. 






Jackson, John W. 


Newhard, Charles E. 


Srp, Joseph A. 






Jaffe, Reuben 


Neyhart, Amos E. 


Stamm, William C. 






Jeferies, Charles P. 


Nycun, Joseph S. 


Stauffer, Ralph D. 






Jenkins, Daniel H. 


Noel, Charles M. 


Steele, Jay M. 






Jones, John F. 


Painter, Robert R. 


Stein, Abraham 






Jones, Owen, R. 


Parker, Ralph L. 


Stern, Samuel M. 






Jones, Robert W. 


Patterson, John 


Stevenson, Frederick J. 






Judge, Joseph M. 


Perifano, Anthony M. 


Stohlman, Herbert H. 






June, Melvin R. 


Peeppel, Raymond B. 


Stroud, Warren L. 






Just, Charles F. 


PoRR, George H. 


Sutliff, Zerban p. 






Kaiser, Roland F. 


Preston, Alvin N. 


Thompson, George E. 






Keefe, Valentine A. 


Pringle, Arthur E. 


Thorpe, Edward K. 






Kick, Charles H. 


Pruett, Irvin a. 


Utts, William J. 






Knauff, John A. 


Rabenstein, Albert L. 


Vandergrift, Ross T. 






Knox, John R. 


Recklein, Jacob W. 


Vandling, James E. 






Kradel, Frederick L. 


Reed, Charles W. 


Vogan, Walter A. 






Krasnow, James S. 


Reese, Everitt R. 


Vollmer, Daniel F. 






Lalley, Paul F. 


Reeser, George C. 


Watson, Harold R. 






Lehew, William C. 


Reiley, Harry A. 


Weber, Lawrence E. 






Leichliter, Frank D. 


Rockey, Francis E. 


Wertz, Claude F. 






Leinbach, William D. 


Roman, Martin L. 


Whiteman, Samuel D. 






Leuschner, Frederick H. 


Rosenheim, Reuben H. 


Wilcox, William W. 






LissE, Karl A. 


Ross, Evan W. 


Wilsbach, John L. 






Lockeman, George F. 


Rossbach, Charles H. 


Wise, Russell M. 






Long, Charles W. 


Roth, William S. 


Wrigley, Willard J. 






LuTZ, Paul V. 


Rothrock, Lewis F. 


Yaple, Ray A. 






Mamolen, Benjamin E. 


RoYCE, Donald A. 


Young, Charles H. B. 






Marks, Wade G. 


RoYCE, Paul 


Young, Wilbur W. 






Marshall, John L. 


Ruos, Joseph R. 


Zorichak, Joseph J. 






Martin, Paul D. 


Rust, Alfred A. 








TRANSFERRED BY FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT TO THE S. A. T. C. 






September ip, ipi8 


September 21 


, 1918 






HoYT, Francis D. 


Bentley 


, Edward B. 






Strook, R. Lee 


Schneider, Raymond H. 
Strickenberg, Lory 










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September 25, 1Q18 

Babcock, Leon Franct;: 
Clark, Russel E. 
Detwiller, Leon S. 
Golden BERG, George 
Gulden, Chester W. 
GooDLiNG, George A. 
Henney, Ray F. 
Holloway, William D. 
Markle, Harry C. 
Melhuish, Lawrence 
McGowan, James R. 
Unger, Frank J. 
VoRis, Charles W. 
Weiver, S. Austin 
ZooK, Allan S. 

September 30, 1918 

Potteiger, William I. 

October i, 1918 

Kuldoshes, John 
Samuel, Edmund W. 



October 2, ipi8 

Mason, John G. 
Mills, James W. 

October 5, ipi8 

Mullin, William B. 
Weeks, Glen R. 

October 8, ipi8 

Waidlich, Donald C. 

November 11, ipi8 
Lasser, Jacob K. 

November 12, ipi8 

Kirk, Kenneth Burton 

November ip, ipi8 
T Davis, Jesse Bruce 




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Penn State in the World War. 




J. O. Kellek, 14, Giving S.mall Arms Instruction 




D. J. Dougherty, '11, and Remains of Platoon After Action From Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918 



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Penn State in the World War 



Part VI 

Summary 



Page Five Nineteen 



Pbnn Statb in the World AVar 



Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State College Upon the 
Declaration of War, April 6, 1917 



EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS 



AIartin G. Brumbaugh 
Edwin E. Sparks 
Nathan C. Schaeffer 
Charles E. Patton 



Governor of the Commonwealth 

President of the College 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture 



APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR 

Thomas W. Barlow 
Milton W. Lowry 
Henry D. Brown 



J. L. Kendall 

E. S. Bayard 

Hon. Edgar R. Kiess 



ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

James G. White 
J. H. M. Andrews 
Ambrose N. Diehl 
Ellis L. Orvis 



James L. Hamill 
H. Walton Mitchell 
John F. Shields 
George M. Downing 



ELECTED BY DELEGATES FROM SOCIETIES 

Vance C. McCoraiick Hon. L. T. McFadden 

William H. Patterson Chester J. Tyson 

E. R. Pettebone a. W. Mitchell 

Charles M. Schwab R. L. Munce 

William T. Creasy J. T. Wallis 

George G. Hutchinson H. V. White 



Officers of the Alumni Association of The Pennsylvania State College 

in the Year of Publication of This Volume 

1921 

J. L. Minick, '99 --------- - President 

H. W. MoNTZ, '07 ------- First Vice President 

Harvey T. Hill, 'IS - - - - - - Second Vice President 

L. H. Dennis, '12 ------- Third Vice President 

E. N. Sullivan, '14 - - - - - -- Secretary-Treasurer 

BOARD OF MANAGERS 

M. S. McDowell, '92 C. L. Kinsloe, '03 

H. D. Mason, Jr., '07 R. L. Watts, '90 

P. B. Breneman, '94 H. A. Leitzell, '04 



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DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS 

AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE MEDAL 

1919 Byers, W. B. 

CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'HONEUR 

1895 Jackson, D. C. 1909 Acheson, H. H. 
1889 Jackson, J. P. 1917 Miller, C. L. 

1896 Bricker, E. D. 1918 Wright, G. L. 

1919 Byers, W. B. 

CROCE DI MERITO DI GUERRA 

Penn State Ambulance Unit, Section No. 529 
1889 Jackson, J. P. 1913 Harrower, D. E. 

1914 DeVoe, J. N. 
Faculty— Crowell, J. W. 



CROIX DE GUERRE 



1913 Harrower, D. E. (2) 1918 

1916 Cummings, B. S. 1919 

1916 Davis, R. S. (palm) 1919 

1916 Smith, H. M. (silver star) 1919 

1917 Goetz, M. E. 1919 

1917 Miller, C. L. (palm) 1920 

1918 Maher, V. P. 1920 



Wright, G. L. 

Byers, W. B. (silver star) 

Craumer, A. C. (silver star) 

Smith, E. P. 

Wells, F. D. (silver star) 

Hurd, A. P. (posthumously) 

Ward, W. S. 



1920 Reiter, G. C. 



DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS 



1896 
1896 

1905 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1914 
1915 
1915 



Bricker, E. D. 
McKibbin, J. M. 

(posthumously) 
Armsby, E. H. 
Steidle, E. 
Hammitt, J. K. 
Harrower, D. E. 
Cupitt, H. D. 
Welling, H. 
Arnold, E. E. 
Smith, H. S. 



1916 
1916 
1917 
1917 
1917 
1918 
1918 
1918 
1918 
1919 
1919 



Rock, W. C. 
Smith, H. M. 
Acheson, W. C. 
Nutt, A. 
Sauerhoff, G. E. 
Clark, L. G. 
Hummer, J. H. (2) 
Shallenberger, H. D. 
Wright, G. L. 
Phillips, G. R. 
Riese, H. L. 



1919 Ross, C. J. 



DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL 

1890 Walker, W. H. 1896 Bricker, E. D. 

1911 Steidle, E. 

ENGAGE VOLUNTAIR RIBBON (FRENCH) 

1919 Byers, W. B. 



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ITALIAN SERVICE AWARD 

1914 DeVoe, J. N. 

LORRAINE CROSS 

1921 Reiter, G. C. 

MILITARY CROSS 

1909 Berney, D. E. 

ORDER BLACK STAR (FRENCH) 

1912 Wolfe, S. L. 

ORDER CROWN OF ITALY 

1889 Jackson, J. P. 

VICTORY MEDAL 

1919 Byers, W. B. (Four Bronze Clasps) 





CITATIONS 






1889 


Tackson, J. P. 




1914 


Chalfant, R. K. 


1906 


Kline, B. W. 




1915 


Arnold, F. E. 


1906 


Leitzell, W. F. 




1915 


Faddis, Charles 


1907 


Smith, J. P. 




1915 


Roth, F. W. 


1909 


Berney, D. E. (2) 




1916 


Lupoid, M. B. 


1910 


Gaul, J. S. 




1916 


Moy, G. V. 


1910 


Ransom, W. H. 




1916 


Rock, W. C. 


1910 


Work, H. 




1917 


Kates, H. A. W 


1911 


Armstrong, F. L. 




1917 


Miller, C. L. 


1911 


Foster, W. H. 




1917 


Nutt, A. 


1912 


Tanguy, E. E. 




1918 


Greer, F. C. 


1912 


Wolfe, S. L. 




1918 


Bair, E. H. 


1913 


Condon, H. R. 




1918 


Smith, F. P. 


1913 


Murphy, G. P. 




1919 


Byers, W. B. 


1913 


Robinson, R. R. 




1920 


Kurd, A. P. 


1914 


Bloomfield, H. W. 




1920 


Mauger, H. B. 




Faculty 


—Walker, 


E. D. 






BELGIAN CITATION 






1920 


Smozinskv 


E. 






FRENCH ARMY CITATION 

1918 Wright, G. L. 

FOREIGN SERVICE 

1907 Gunkle, R. K. (Canadian Service) 

1909 Berney, D. E. (British Army) 

1918 Matisko, M., Jr., (First Czecho-Slovak Division, French Chausseurs) 

1920 Lamade, R. M. (French Transport Service) 



Penn State in the World War 



SUMMARY 



ARMY (including few in special branches) ----- 

NAVY -----------. 

TOTAL ----------- 

S. A. T. C. (approximate) -------- 

DEATHS (one killed after Armistice) ------ 

TOTAL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS - - - - 

Per Cent. Commissioned (including "rank undesignated" in total) 
Per Cent. Commissioned (excluding "rank undesignated" in total) 



1,972 
183 

2,155 

1,400 
73 

1,039 
48.4 
62.0 



Over 3 per cent, lost their lives, nearly two-thirds resulting from being 
"in action." 

Excluding S. A. T. C, 1,831 were from classes of 1913 to 1922 inclusive, 
or 85 per cent. 

Including S. A. T. C, totaling over 3,550, there were 2,547 from classes 
of 1917 to 1922 inclusive, or 72 per cent. 

Men in service from classes of 1913 to 1922, inclusive, were nearly 7 
times as many as graduated from Penn State from 1855 to 1900. 

Additional to above, men trained in Ordnance and 
Vocational courses ---------- 3,000 

Young Men receiving Farm Training (approximately) - - 1,100 



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Second Lieutenant 

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Rank undesignated 



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Ensign -------- 

Chief Petty Officer - - - - _ - 

Chief Special Mechanic and First Class Ratings 
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Yeoman -------- 

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